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Singapore -
Primary Sources of Law
General
LawNet
Singapore's main legal research portal administered by the Singapore Academy of
Law. Subscribers to the Legal Workbench database have access to Singapore legislation, case law
and treaties including :
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Rev. Ed. of Singapore Statutes
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Rev. Ed. Of Singapore Subsidiary legislation
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Singapore Law Reports. 1965-
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Malayan Law Journal. 1932-
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Military Court of Appeal decisions. 1973-
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Unreported judgments. 1991-
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Decisions of various boards and tribunals
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Parliament reports. 1955-
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Singapore treaties database.
Faculty of Law staff and students have access to LawNet via
Resources on the Faculty of Law
homepage.
Singapore Law Watch
Daily legal news service providing
RSS feeds to the latest Supreme Court judgments and legislation
updates. Managed by the
Singapore Academy of
Law. 
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Legislation - General
Bills
Introduced
Bills as introduced at their First Reading published on the Singapore
Parliament website beginning with Bill no. 01/2002. Where available, dates
when bills were passed are indicated.
Laws of the
Straits Settlements 1835-1919
The C J Koh Law Library has digitised this rare
5-volume set. The laws are an important part of our nation's legal
history and are now freely available via the NUS Libraries
catalogue, LINC.
Legislation Updates
Singapore Law Watch provides updates on new
bills, Acts, subsidiary legislation and new revised editions for the
last 3 months.
Commentaries on legislation are also available.
Singapore Statutes Online
Browse or search for current consolidated Acts of Singapore. Each Act is
accompanied by its legislative history. Joint initiative
of the Attorney-General's Chambers and the Ministry of Finance. Updated
monthly.
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Legislation - Specific
(including Treaties)
Arbitration Rules
The SIAC rules, SIAC SGX-DT Arbitration Rules and SIAC SGX-DC Arbitration
Rules are published by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre
(SIAC).
Casino Regulatory
Authority-Statutes, Regulations & Directives
Link to Casino Control Act. Information on related
regulations.
Free
Trade Agreements
Singapore's FTA Network provides legal texts of free trade agreements
concluded between Singapore and other countries. Published by International
Enterprise Singapore in collaboration with the
Ministry of Trade and Industry.
Internet Policy and Regulatory Framework
The Media Development Authority regulates Internet Service Providers and Internet Content Providers through the Class Licence
Scheme and
Internet Code of Practice.
IP Legislation
Legislation on the IPOS website includes Acts, Rules and Regulations on
copyright, patents, registered designs and trade marks.
Legal Profession Legislation
Statute and rules relating to the legal profession.
Manpower
Legislation
Acts and regulations relating to labour relations; occupational safety and
health and foreign manpower management. Published by the Ministry of Manpower.
MAS:
Regulations & Licensing
The Monetary Authority of Singapore publishes Acts and subsidiary legislation which it administers as well as other legislation which govern the
financial industry in Singapore.
Rules of Court
(Supreme Court of Judicature Act)
Rules made pursuant to the Supreme Court of Judicature Act relating to all
proceedings within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and Subordinate
Courts. The 2006 Revised Edition together with the Rules of Court (Amendment)
Rules are published by the Supreme Court.
Singapore Treaty on
the Law of Trademarks
Adopted by Singapore on Mar 27 2006 and ratified on Mar 26 2007, the full text of this treaty is made available by WIPO.
Table of ASEAN
Treaties/Agreements and Ratification
Listing of treaties signed and ratified by the ASEAN nations, including
Singapore (as at 1 Dec 08). A selection of full text
treaties are also made available by the ASEAN Secretariat.
Tax Treaties
Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreements concluded between Singapore and other
countries since 1965 are made available by the Inland Revenue Authority of
Singapore.
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Codes,
Guidelines, Practice Directions, etc.
Accounting Standards
Standards prescribed by the Accounting Standards Council which
broadly adopt the International Financial Reporting
Standards.
ACRA: Practice Directions
Practice Directions of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory
Authority beginning with PD 1 of 1999.
BCA: Codes
and Regulations
Full texts of the Code on Barrier-Free Accessibility in Buildings,
and Code of Practice on Buildable Design.
Published by the Building and Construction Authority.
Code
of Advertising Practice for Banks
Published by the Association of
Banks of Singapore.
Code of Consumer Banking Practice
The Code as well as the supplementary document, Guidance for
Code Subscribers, are published by the Association of Banks of
Singapore. A sub-code entitled the
Code
of Practice for Banks - Credit Cards is also published on the
website.
Code of Corporate Governance
The original
Code of Corporate Governance (issued March 2001) resides in the Accounting Standards Council
website. The section of the revised
Code of Corporate Governance 2005 relating to "board matters" is made available by the NUS
Business School.
Code of Ethics for an Arbitrator
Made available by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre.
Code of Governance for Charities and Institutions of a Public
Character
Code issued by the Charity Council that will serve as a
benchmark in governance standards for the charity sector.
IDA Singapore: Policies & Regulation
Codes of practice, guidelines and policies regulating the IT and
telecommunications sectors, including the Telecom Competition Code. Published by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore.
Insolvency & Public Trustee's Office:
Practice Circulars
Official Assignee (2002-), Public Trustee (2000-) and Official Receiver (2001-) practice circulars.
Internet Code of Practice
This code is made available by the Media Development Authority.
IPOS:
Practice Directions
Practice directions relating to
patents,
trade
marks,
designs and
plant varieties protection.
MAS:
Regulations & Licensing
Circulars, guidelines and notices relating to the Singapore finance
industry. Published by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
Media
Competition Code
The Media Development Authority makes available the original Code of
Practice for Market Conduct in the Provision of Mass Media Services
released on 1 April 03 and draft revised Code.
MPA: Circulars & Notices
Full texts of the Maritime and Port Authority's port marine, maritime security and shipping circulars
and notices.
National
Environment Agency: Resources
The Agency's codes of practice, guidebooks and handbooks regulating the environment.
SGX:
Rulebooks/Manual
The
Singapore Exchange publishes 7 rulebooks governing
the listing, clearing, trading and depository services that the industry
needs to comply with, including:
Singapore Code of
Advertising Practice
SCAP 2008 seeks to promote a high standard of ethics in advertising through
industry self-regulation. Published by Advertising Standards Authority of
Singapore and made available on the CASE website.
Singapore Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
Full text of the SDRP, Rules and Supplemental Rules.
Singapore Land Authority: Circulars
Land Survey (1991-), Land Registry (2003-) and Land Sales (2000-) circulars.
Strata Titles Boards: Circulars/Guidelines
Guidelines for applications to STB.
Subordinate Courts Practice Directions
The 2006 Ed. of the Practice Directions (2006 Ed.) and its amendments. See
also
Registrar's Circulars (2003-).
Supreme Court Practice Directions
The
2007 Ed. of the Practice Directions and its
amendments. See also
Registrar's Circulars
(1999-).
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Case Law
Appeals Board (Land Acquisition): Selection
of Case Law
A selection of cases heard by the Board. Case Concerning Sovereignty over
Pedra Branca, Middle Rocks and South Ledge
Ministry of Foreign Affairs website providing a history of the dispute and
links to ICJ proceedings.
Case Law & Decisions
Free access to judgments of the following courts for the last 3 months are provided by LawNet:
Subordinate Courts of Singapore: Judgments
Includes links to unreported judgments of the District, Magistrate and Family
Courts as well as grounds of decisions for cases of public interest.
LexisNexis
Full text subscription database containing cases from the Singapore Law
Reports and Malayan Law Journal. NUS staff and students, please click
here for access.
List of
Proceedings under the Singapore
Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
Administrative Panel Decisions listed by commencement
date. Alternatively, see listing of proceedings by
domain name.
SingaporeLaw:
Judgments
Case law on this website includes Supreme Court judgments of the past three
months and a selection of earlier judgments. Managed by the Singapore Academy
of Law. Singapore Law Watch, also managed by Singapore Academy of Law,
provides
subject information about the cases.
Trade Mark Decisions
Summaries of grounds of trade mark decisions made by the Intellectual
Property Office
(1999-). The summaries are for information only.
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Other Government
Publications
Electronic Gazette (eGazette)
Singapore's Government Gazettes are made available electronically by SNP
Security Printing Pte Ltd. The eGazette is published daily
and is available to the general public for viewing for 5 days. Subscribers may
continue access in the Archives section.
Law Reform
Reports
Reports of the Law Reform Committee of the Singapore Academy of Law
(1993-2005), and the Law Reform and
Revision Division of the Attorney-General's Chambers (2001-2004) published on LawNet.
For more recent SAL law reform reports, refer to
SAL
website.
For more recent LLRD law reform reports, refer to
AGC website.
Select Committee Reports
Select Committee Reports from 19 January 2004 are available on the Singapore Parliament website.
Singapore Parliament Reports
A searchable database of Singapore Parliamentary Debates from 2 November 2006 onwards.
Standing Orders of Parliament
Standing Orders published by the Singapore Parliament as of 19 October 2004.
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