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A Legal Backgrounder On By-Elections, Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
A Legal Backgrounder On By-Elections, Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Jack Tsen-Ta LEE
The expulsion of Yaw Shin Leong, the Member of Parliament for Hougang Single Member Constituency, from the Workers’ Party has once again thrust the issue of the Singapore Government’s policy on by-elections into the limelight. This opinion piece considers whether the Government is right in taking the view that it has wide discretion to determine when, and if, to hold a by-election; and the possible consequences of an existing Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) standing as a candidate in a by-election.
The Mandatory Death Penalty And A Sparsely Worded Constitution, Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
The Mandatory Death Penalty And A Sparsely Worded Constitution, Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Jack Tsen-Ta LEE
It was not unexpected that the Singapore Court of Appeal would reaffirm the constitutionality of the mandatory death penalty for certain forms of drug trafficking in Yong Vui Kong v Public Prosecutor [2010] 3 S.L.R 489. ... The appellant made submissions based on Articles 9(1) and 12(1) of the Constitution, which respectively guarantee rights to life and personal liberty, and to equality before the law and equal protection of the law. This note examines aspects of the Article 9(1) arguments.