PUTRAJAYA: The government has introduced amendments to the Penal Code through the Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2025 [Act A1750] ...

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said noted that the ...

SINGAPORE – The first major review of the Penal Code in more than a decade has yielded calls for sweeping changes — 169 to be exact — with a key focus on beefing up laws on sexual and abuse ...

On the last day of the monsoon session of the parliament on Friday, federal Home Minister Amit Shah presented bills to repeal and replace the Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, and ...

The Singapore Parliament voted on Nov 29 to repeal Section 377A of the Penal Code, a colonial-era law which criminalises gay sex between men. Same-sex marriage in Taiwan has been legalised on May ...

The Presidency in its announcement says that the new legislation —backed by the country’s major political parties— ushers in a contemporary framework for criminal justice after 141 years under the old ...