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The Penal Code 1871 sets out general principles [1] of the criminal law of Singapore, as well as the elements and penalties of general criminal offences such as assault, criminal intimidation, mischief, grievous hurt, theft, extortion, sex crimes and cheating. [2]
With the vision of 'Limited Land, Unlimited Space', SLA is responsible for maximising Singapore's land resources, by: [4] Optimising land and space utilisation, Safeguarding property ownership, and; Promoting the use of land-space data through geospatial. SLA has two functional roles: developmental and regulatory.
Statutes of the Singapore Parliament, as well as English statutes in force in Singapore by virtue of the Application of English Law Act 1993, [4] are published in looseleaf form in a series called the Statutes of the Republic of Singapore, which is gathered in red binders, and are also accessible on-line from Singapore Statutes Online, a free ...
More than 400 people were executed in Singapore, mostly for drug trafficking, between 1991 and 2004. Statistically, Singapore has one of the highest execution rates in the world relative to its population. [1] Science fiction writer William Gibson famously described Singapore as "Disneyland with the death penalty".
The Internal Security Act 1960 (ISA) of Singapore is a statute that grants the executive power to enforce preventive detention, prevent subversion, suppress organized violence against persons and property, and do other things incidental to the internal security of Singapore.
“In Singapore, the government controls the supply of housing, because it owns about 90% of the land, and can decide how much to build,” Smith wrote. “Singapore’s Housing Development Board ...
The HDB Hub at Toa Payoh, headquarters of the Housing & Development Board of Singapore. HDB flats in Jurong West. The Housing & Development Board (HDB; often referred to as the Housing Board), is a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development responsible for the public housing in Singapore.
About 60% of property buyers in Sentosa Cove are foreigners. [2] It is the only place in Singapore where foreigners are allowed to purchase landed homes. All residential properties in Sentosa Cove are leasehold titles subject to a 99-year lease .