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Income Tax (Amendment) Act 2008; Infectious Diseases (Amendment) Act 2008; Internationally Protected Persons Act 2008; Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2008; Limited Partnerships Act 2008; Mental Capacity Act 2008; Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act 2008; Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Bunker Oil Pollution) Act 2008
The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act 2008 of Singapore [1] was passed in 2008 to regulate the involuntary detention of a person in a psychiatric institution for the treatment of a mental disorder, or in the interest of the health and safety of the person or the persons around him. [2]
The Application of English Law Act [4] sets out the extent to which English law applies in Singapore today. Under section 17(1) of the Environmental Public Health Act, [30] it is an offence to: (a) deposit, drop, place or throw any dust, dirt, paper, ash, carcase, refuse, box, barrel, bale or any other article or thing in any public place;
This was effected by the signing of the Independence of Singapore Agreement of 7 August 1965 by Singapore and Malaysia, and the changes consequent to the Agreement were implemented by two Malaysian Acts, the Constitution and Malaysia (Singapore Amendment) Act 1965 [57] and the Constitution (Amendment) Act 1966; [58] and by two Singapore Acts ...
The Parliament of Singapore is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Singapore, which governs the country alongside the president of Singapore.Largely based upon the Westminster system, the Parliament is made up of Members of Parliament (MPs) who are elected, as well as Non-constituency Members of Parliament (NCMPs) and Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs) who are appointed.
In Law Society of Singapore v. Tan Guat Neo Phyllis (2008), [48] the High Court described the guardianship role of the judiciary in safeguarding the Constitution and the doctrine of separation of powers, holding that to prevent each arm of government from acting beyond its constitutional powers, "[u]nder the Constitution, the means adopted and ...
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The Presidential Council for Minority Rights (PCMR) is a non-elected government body in Singapore established in 1970, the main function of which is to scrutinize most of the bills passed by Parliament to ensure that they do not discriminate against any racial or religious community.