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State Courts Building, No 1 Havelock Square, Singapore 059724. Coordinates. 1°17′11″N103°50′28″E / 1.2863°N 103.8410°E / 1.2863; 103.8410. Composition method. District judges and magistrates are appointed by the president upon the recommendation of the chief justice. Appeals to. Supreme Court of Singapore.
Public records. Appearance. Public records are documents or pieces of information that are not considered confidential and generally pertain to the conduct of government. Depending on jurisdiction, examples of public records includes information pertaining to births, deaths, marriages, and documented transaction with government agencies.
Divorce (also known as dissolution of marriage) is the process of terminating a marriage or marital union. [1] Divorce usually entails the canceling or reorganising of the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage, thus dissolving the bonds of matrimony between a married couple under the rule of law of the particular country or state.
e. The Supreme Court of Singaporeis a set of courts in Singapore, comprising the Court of Appealand the High Court. It hears both civil and criminal matters. The Court of Appeal hears both civil and criminal appealsfrom the High Court. The Court of Appeal may also decide a point of law reserved for its decision by the High Court, as well as any ...
No-fault divorce is the dissolution of a marriage that does not require a showing of wrongdoing by either party. [1] [2] Laws providing for no-fault divorce allow a family court to grant a divorce in response to a petition by either party of the marriage without requiring the petitioner to provide evidence that the defendant has committed a breach of the marital contract.
Civil registration. Civil registration is the system by which a government records the vital events (births, marriages, and deaths) of its citizens and residents. The resulting repository or database has different names in different countries and even in different subnational jurisdictions. It can be called a civil registry, [1] civil register ...
Contents. Freedom of information laws by country. Freedom of information laws allow access by the general public to data held by national governments and, where applicable, by state and local governments. The emergence of freedom of information legislation was a response to increasing dissatisfaction with the secrecy surrounding government ...
The Singapore Legal Service is the collective body of lawyers who work in the courts, the Attorney-General's Chambers, and the legal departments of various government ministries and statutory boards in Singapore. [1] Lawyers who are a part of the legal service are known as Legal Service Officers (LSO).