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The Defective Premises Act 1972 (c. 35) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that covers landlords' and builders' liability for poorly constructed and poorly maintained buildings, along with any injuries that may result. During the 19th century, the common law principle that a landlord could not be liable for letting a poorly ...
Land Transport Authority of Singapore (Amendment) Act 2007; Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2007; Monetary Authority of Singapore (Amendment) Act 2007; Monetary Authority of Singapore (Amendment No. 2) Act 2007; National Registry of Diseases Act 2007; Ngee Ann Kongsi (Incorporation) (Amendment) Act 2007; Optometrists and Opticians Act 2007 ...
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;
The Singapore Law Reports, first published by the Singapore Academy of Law in 1992, contain reports of significant judgements handed down by the High Court, Court of Appeal and Constitutional Tribunal of Singapore. As Singapore is a common law jurisdiction, judgements handed down by the courts are considered a source of law.
The organisation was formed on 1 April 2003 with the merger of Singapore Immigration and Registration and the border control functions of Customs and Excise Department. Under the Immigration Act 1959, an ICA officer has powers of a police officer to enforce the provisions of the act (under Section 38) and may be armed (under Section 38A). [17]
Section 34 of the Penal Code states that "when a criminal act is done by several persons, in furtherance of the common intention of all, each of such persons is liable for that act in the same manner as if the act were done by him alone." When multiple persons each commit the same offending act, they are liable for that specific offence.
It was structured under the Singapore Police Force and headed by a Deputy Commissioner. After Singapore achieved independence, the SSB was renamed as the Internal Security Department and became a separate agency on 17 February 1966, together with its foreign counterpart, the Security and Intelligence Division (SID).
Chia is currently serving a 42-year jail term since 2004 for the crime, which was then the worst commercial crime Singapore has ever witnessed. [11] In January 2000, the CAD acted upon a report to arrest SIA cabin crew supervisor Teo Cheng Kiat for embezzling an approximate sum of $35 million from his company. Teo was charged with 26 counts of ...