Tan Cheng Bock v Attorney-General
| Jurisdiction | Singapore |
| Court | Court of Three Judges (Singapore) |
| Judge | Sundaresh Menon CJ,Judith Prakash JA,Steven Chong JA,Chua Lee Ming J,Kannan Ramesh J |
| Judgment Date | 23 August 2017 |
| Neutral Citation | [2017] SGCA 50 |
| Citation | [2017] SGCA 50 |
| Date | 23 August 2017 |
| Plaintiff Counsel | Chelva Retnam Rajah SC, Earnest Lau and Zara Chan (Tan Rajah & Cheah) |
| Defendant Counsel | Deputy Attorney-General Hri Kumar Nair SC, Aurill Kam, Nathaniel Khng, Seow Zhixiang and Sivakumar Ramasamy (Attorney-General's Chambers) |
| Docket Number | Civil Appeal No 124 of 2017 |
| Hearing Date | 31 July 2017 |
| Published date | 14 October 2017 |
| Subject Matter | President,Interpretation,Constitution,Election,Constitutional Law,Constitutional Provisions,Statutory Interpretation |
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43 cases
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Pp v Asr
...(1983) 5 Cr App R (S) 241 (refd) Soh Meiyun v PP [2014] 3 SLR 299 (refd) State v Mazid (25 April 2015) (not folld) Tan Cheng Bock v AG [2017] 2 SLR 850 (folld) Tan Choon Huat v PP [1991] 1 SLR(R) 863; [1991] SLR 805 (refd) Yong Vui Kong v PP [2010] 3 SLR 489, CA (folld) Yong Vui Kong v PP [......
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Singapore Shooting Association v Singapore Rifle Association
...4 SLR 193 (folld) Strategic Worldwide Assets Ltd v Sandz Solutions (Singapore) Pte Ltd [2013] 4 SLR 662 (refd) Tan Cheng Bock v AG [2017] 2 SLR 850 (folld) Tan Eng Hong v AG [2012] 4 SLR 476 (refd) Tate & Lyle Food and Distribution Ltd v Greater London Council [1982] 1 WLR 149 (refd) Ve......
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Ukm v Ag
...Fam 103 (folld) Sun Life Assurance Co of Canada v Jervis [1944] AC 111 (refd) T, Petitioner 1997 SLT 724 (refd) Tan Cheng Bock v AG [2017] 2 SLR 850, CA (refd) Tan Cheng Bock v AG [2017] 5 SLR 424, HC (refd) Tan Seet Eng v AG [2016] 1 SLR 779 (refd) Thain, Re [1926] Ch 676 (folld) TSH v TSE......
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Wu Chiu Lin v Management Corporation Strata Title Plan No 2874
...v Kempinski Hotels SA [2012] 4 SLR 98 (refd) Sit Kwong Lam v MCST Plan No 2645 [2017] SGHC 57 (not folld) Tan Cheng Bock v AG [2017] 2 SLR 850 (folld) TMM Division Maritima SA de CV v Pacific Richfield Marine Pte Ltd [2013] 4 SLR 972 (folld) Yap Sing Lee v MCST Plan No 1267 [2011] 2 SLR 998......
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8 books & journal articles
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Administrative and Constitutional Law
...Prosecutor [2017] 1 SLR 427 at [66]. 109 See Tan Cheng Bock v Attorney-General [2017] 5 SLR 424 , Tan Cheng Bock v Attorney-General [2017] 2 SLR 850 and Ravi s/o Madasamy v Attorney-General [2017] 5 SLR 489 . 110 “Next Presidential Election to Be Reserved for Malay Candidates: PM Lee” C......
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BASIC STRUCTURE AND SUPREMACY OF THE SINGAPORE CONSTITUTION
...and the Grundnorm in Singapore” (1983) 25 Malaya Law Review 351 at 367. 80 See para 66 above. 81 In Tan Cheng Bok v Attorney-General[2017] SGCA 50, the Court of Appeal affirmed the rule of interpretation of a parliamentary text laid down in Hong Leong Bank Bhd v Soh Seow Poh[2009] 4 SLR(R) ......
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Equity and Trusts
...[2020] 1 SLR 395. 93 Cap 37, 2007 Rev Ed. 94 Singapore Shooting Association v Singapore Rifle Association [2020] 1 SLR 395 at [171]. 95 [2017] 2 SLR 850. 96 Singapore Shooting Association v Singapore Rifle Association [2020] 1 SLR 395 at [144]. 97 Singapore Shooting Association v Singapore ......
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Criminal Law
...1410 at [25]. 106 The court applied the purposive approach to statutory interpretation as set out in Tan Cheng Bock v Attorney-General [2017] 2 SLR 850 at [34]–[54]. 107 Nur Jihad bin Rosli v Public Prosecutor [2018] 5 SLR 1410 at [36] and [42]. 108 See para 13.55 above. 109 Nur Jihad bin R......
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