The bill was assented by President Halimah Yacob on 27 December 2022 and gazetted on 3 January 2023, thus Section 377A was struck off the books. Post-repeal plans The Law and Home Affairs Minister, K Shanmugam, told Parliament in November 2022 that only a "small" number of people were convicted under the section for private consensual acts between adults from 1988 until 2007, when enforcement effectively ceased outright. The Minister stated he would direct the Ministry for Home Affairs (MHA) to consider how these records could be purged. Days after the repeal bill passed, the MHA added that the records of 17 people convicted under Section 377A during that time period could have their criminal records expunged and rendered spent. See also Criminal law of Singapore LGBT rights in Singapore Paragraph 175 (Germany) Pink Dot SG Sodomy law References Further reading Original PDF version of the academic paper, "377 and the unnatural afterlife of British colonialism" by Douglas Saunders, August 2007:. . A review of all Singaporean laws governing homosexual behaviour. External links Keep377A.com – previous campaign for the retention of section 377A of the Penal Code Repeal377a.com – previous campaign for the repeal of section 377A of the Penal Code Singapore Daily page on 377A – collection of blogger postings on section 377A of the Penal Code Archive of newsclips relating to Section 377A – a YouTube playlist Wikileaks US Embassy report of Section 377A Wikileaks US Embassy report of Section 377A Criminalization of homosexuality Gay history 1938 in law 2007 in law 2022 in law Repealed Singaporean legislation LGBT-related legislation