Section 375(4) of the Penal Code, granting legal immunity to men who rape their wives, is set to be repealed. This is one of the 169 recommendations made by a committee conducting the most extensive review of the Penal Code since 2007.

The committee was tasked with modernising the Penal Code's provisions and principles. It is co-chaired by Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Indranee Rajah and Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs and Health Amrin Amin, and includes judges, lawyers, academics and senior policemen.