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The Singapore High Court stated in Lines International Holding (S) Pte. Ltd. v. Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (1997) [89] that the adoption of a general policy by a body exercising an administrative discretion is perfectly valid provided the following conditions are satisfied: [90]
The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal on the narrow ground that the Government had not adduced sufficient evidence to discharge its burden of proving the President was satisfied that the appellants' detention was necessary to prevent them from endangering, among other things, Singapore's security or public order, which was required by section ...
A parking ticket issued in Washington, D.C., in 2011 Checker giving a parking ticket, Seattle Washington, 1960. In the United States, most traffic laws are codified in a variety of state, county and municipal laws or ordinances, with most minor violations classified as infractions, civil charges or criminal charges. The classification of the ...
Such cruises, which left Singapore's territorial waters and returned to Singapore without calling at any other destination port, tended to be mainly for gambling purposes. [16] The plaintiffs argued that in developing this policy, the PSA had assumed that gambling by Singaporeans in international waters was an unlawful activity. As there was no ...
The Datafin decision was applied by the Singapore Court of Appeal in Public Service Commission v. Lai Swee Lin Linda (2001), [69] where the respondent, an employee with the Land Office, had the probationary period of her employment extended without prior warning. Her employment contract was later terminated.
The Court of Appeal is Singapore's highest court, and thus its court of final appeal.Its earliest predecessor was the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements which, following legal changes introduced in 1873, [2] had jurisdiction to sit as a Full Court of Appeal with not less than three judges and as a Divisional Court at each settlement.
The Supreme Court Building, where the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore Tribunal sits, photographed on 24 May 2010. The dome of the Old Supreme Court Building is visible on the right. The Constitution of the Republic of Singapore Tribunal is a tribunal established in 1994 pursuant to Article 100 of the Constitution of the Republic of ...
Fettering of discretion by a public authority is one of the grounds of judicial review in Singapore administrative law.It is regarded as a form of illegality.An applicant may challenge a decision by an authority on the basis that it has either rigidly adhered to a policy it has formulated, or has wrongfully delegated the exercise of its statutory powers to another body.