Singapore

Age of Consent

Partial

Age of sexual consent is 16. The national legislation does not provide for a close-in-age exemption.

Analysis of country legislation on age of sexual consent, 2024

Extraterritoriality & Extradition

No

Passive extraterritoriality is provided for some SEC related offences.
Extradition applies to some SEC related offences but the double criminality principle applies

SECTT Legal Checklist Singapore, 2020

CSAM Definition

Not Yet Assessed

Background Check Required

Partial

There is a mandatory provision for criminal background checks for every national and non-national applying for work with children. It is unclear whether this requirement applies to volunteers.

SECTT Legal Checklist ASEAN, 2020

National Commitments

No

Singapore has ratified the CRC, the Trafficking Protocol and the ILO Convention No. 182.

Singapore has not ratified the OPSC, the OPIC, the UNWTO Framework Convention on Tourism Ethics nor the Council of Europe’s Lanzarote and the Budapest Conventions.

SECTT Legal Checklist ASEAN, 2020

Child Advocacy Centers

Not Yet Assessed

SEC Police Unit

Not Yet Assessed

Protection Standards Travel and Tourism

No

There are no child protection standards for the travel and tourism industry in place.

SECTT Legal Checklist ASEAN, 2020

Public SEC Case Data

Not Yet Assessed