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Act EmA 1968
Employment Act 1968
The rules for hiring, pay, leave, and dismissal.
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Act PDPA 2012
Personal Data Protection Act 2012
What an organisation may collect, use, or disclose about a person — and when it must ask first.
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Act PC 1871
Penal Code 1871
Singapore's general criminal law: what counts as an offence, and the punishment for it.
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Act CoA 1967
Companies Act 1967
How a company is formed and run, and what its directors owe it.
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Act MDA 1973
Misuse of Drugs Act 1973
Drug offences, the trafficking presumptions, and their penalties.
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Act WC 1961
Women’s Charter 1961
Marriage, divorce, maintenance, and protection from family violence.
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[2026] SGHC 184
Re Arief Purwada (in his capacity as the administrator of the estate of Indriaty Purwada, deceased) and others and other matters (UBS AG and others, non-parties
General Division of the High Court10 September 2026Originating Claim No 89 of 2025 (Summons No 751 of 2026)
(i) The production of documents must be for at least one of the following purposes: (a) to identify possible parties to any proceedings; (b) to enable a party to trace the party’s property; or (c) for any other lawful purpose. Specifically on the final purpose, it has been observ
[2026] SGHC 182
Far Ocean Sea Products Pte Ltd v United Overseas Insurance Ltd
General Division of the High Court8 September 2026Originating Application No 114 of 2026
For these reasons, I dismiss the application for extension of time to pursue the matter in arbitration.
[2026] SGHC 181
Tan Zhi Wei v Public Prosecutor and another appeal
General Division of the High Court7 September 2026Magistrate’s Appeal No 9029 of 2026/01
[2021] SGHC 247
Soh Keng Cheang Philip v National University Hospital (S ) Pte Ltd
General Division of the High Court28 October 2021Suit No 250 of 2014
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