Transsexuality and the criminal law
By virtue of section 375 of the Malaysian Penal Code (MPC), it is clearly stated that the offence of rape could only be committed by a man (as defined in section 10 MPC) as principal upon a woman (as defined in section 10 MPC) as victim. This provision highlights that in Malaysia, the law of rape is...
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iium-505102016-05-09T07:12:54Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/50510/ Transsexuality and the criminal law Mohamad Yunus, Mohamad Ismail K Law (General) KD England and Wales By virtue of section 375 of the Malaysian Penal Code (MPC), it is clearly stated that the offence of rape could only be committed by a man (as defined in section 10 MPC) as principal upon a woman (as defined in section 10 MPC) as victim. This provision highlights that in Malaysia, the law of rape is entirely gender delineated. A question might arise, how about if a biological male who underwent the gender reassignment surgery or transsexual operation and consequently become a person with an artificial female genitalia and the issue is whether that person would remain as a male for the purposes of criminal law, and thus could not be the victim of the offence of rape? Royal Malaysia Police 2012 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/50510/1/PENGAMAN_BIL_1%3A2012_80%3A84-_Transsexuality.pdf Mohamad Yunus, Mohamad Ismail (2012) Transsexuality and the criminal law. Pengaman, Official Magazine Of Royal Malaysia Police, 1 (1/2012). pp. 80-84. ISSN 2232-1330 |
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By virtue of section 375 of the Malaysian Penal Code (MPC), it is clearly stated that the offence of rape could only be committed by a man (as defined in section 10 MPC) as principal upon a woman (as defined in section 10 MPC) as victim. This provision highlights that in Malaysia, the law of rape is entirely gender delineated. A question might arise, how about if a biological male who underwent the gender reassignment surgery or transsexual operation and consequently become a person with an artificial female genitalia and the issue is whether that person would remain as a male for the purposes of criminal law, and thus could not be the victim of the offence of rape? |
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