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This is a somewhat complete list of all Singapore Acts of Parliament which have been passed - the entire list of acts passed is available online at the Singapore Attorney-General's Chambers website, at Singapore Statutes.
A joint tenancy or joint tenancy with right of survivorship (JTWROS) is a type of concurrent estate in which co-owners have a right of survivorship, meaning that if one owner dies, that owner's interest in the property will pass to the surviving owner or owners by operation of law, and avoiding probate. The deceased owner's interest in the ...
On 1 July 2024, Singapore introduced a new sixth ground for divorce, "Divorce by Mutual Agreement." Previously, there were only five grounds for divorce. This new ground allows couples to cite mutual agreement in divorce applications, enabling them to divorce without attributing fault to either party, reducing acrimony in the process.
Matrimonial regimes, or marital property systems, are systems of property ownership between spouses providing for the creation or absence of a marital estate and if created, what properties are included in that estate, how and by whom it is managed, and how it will be divided and inherited at the end of the marriage.
In common law jurisdictions, probate is the judicial process whereby a will is "proved" in a court of law and accepted as a valid public document that is the true last testament of the deceased; or whereby, in the absence of a legal will, the estate is settled according to the laws of intestacy that apply in the jurisdiction where the deceased resided at the time of their death.
Heirs Property occurs when a deceased person's heirs or will beneficiaries become owners of property (also known as real property) as tenants in common. [3] When a property is probated, a deceased person either has a will and the property is passed on to the named beneficiary, or a deceased person dies intestate, without a will, and the property could be split among multiple heirs who become ...
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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;