Public Prosecutor v Taw Cheng Kong
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public-prosecutor-v-taw-cheng-kong-163-18386947
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Public Prosecutor v Taw Cheng Kong
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Public Prosecutor v. Taw Cheng Kong is a landmark case decided in 1998 by the Court of Appeal of Singapore which shaped the landscape of Singapore's constitutional law. The earlier High Court decision, Taw Cheng Kong v. Public Prosecutor, was the first instance in Singapore's history that a statutory provision was struck down as unconstitutional. The matter subsequently reached the Court of Appeal when the Public Prosecutor applied for a criminal reference for two questions to be considered. The
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1998 legal judgement on constitutionality of a statutory provision
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Prosecutor_v_Taw_Cheng_Kong
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2011-01-17T12:56:45Z
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2024-08-29T03:36:33Z
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