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CourtCourt of Appeal of Singapore
Full case nameChng Suan Tze v. Minister for Home Affairs and others and other appeals
Decided8 December 1988
Citation(s)[1988] 2 S.L.R.(R.) 525
Case history
Prior action(s)De Souza Kevin Desmond v. Minister for Home Affairs [1988] 1 S.L.R.(R.) 464, H.C.; Teo Soh Lung v. Minister for Home Affairs [1988] 2 S.L.R.(R.) 30, H.C.
Related action(s)Teo Soh Lung v. Minister for Home Affairs [1989] 1 S.L.R.(R) 461, H.C.; [1990] 1 S.L.R.(R) 347, C.A.; Cheng Vincent v. Minister for Home Affairs [1990] 1 S.L.R.(R.) 38, H.C.
Court membership
Judge(s) sittingWee Chong Jin C.J., L.P. Thean and Chan Sek Keong JJ.
Case opinions
Exercise of discretion by President and Minister for Home Affairs under ss. 8 and 10 of the Internal Security Act subject to judicial review by a court as an objective rather than subjective test applies.
Vandalism Act
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Parliament of Singapore
  • An Act to provide for exemplary punishment for acts of vandalism and to make special provisions in regard to certain offences relating to public property.
CitationNo. 38 of 1966; now Cap. 341, 1985 Rev. Ed.
Enacted byParliament of Singapore
Enacted26 August 1966
Assented to31 August 1966[1]
Commenced16 September 1966
Legislative history
Bill titlePunishment for Vandalism Bill
Bill citationBill No. 36/66
Introduced byWee Toon Boon (Minister of State for Defence)
Introduced17 August 1966
First reading17 August 1966[2]
Second reading26 August 1966[3]
Third reading26 August 1966[3]

Useful references[edit]

  • "Constitutional Review and Separation of Powers", Sixth Conference of Asian Constitutional Court Judges 2009 (PDF), Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, retrieved 20 March 2010 {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help).
  1. ^ "Assents to Bills Passed", Singapore Parliamentary Debates, Official Report (26 October 1966), vol. 25, col. 342.
  2. ^ Wee Toon Boon (Minister of State for Defence), speech during the First Reading of the Punishment for Vandalism Bill, Singapore Parliamentary Debates, Official Report (17 August 1966), vol. 25, col. 190.
  3. ^ a b "Punishment for Vandalism Bill", Singapore Parliamentary Debates, Official Report (26 August 1966), vol. 25, cols. 291–305.