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Interpretation Act 1965 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Penal Provisions
39. Imposition of penalty not a bar to civil action
Feedback & supportThe imposition of a penalty by any written law, in the absence of express provision to the contrary, does not relieve any person from liability to answer for damages to a person injured.
written law
Defined · s 2
“written law” means the Constitution and all previous Constitutions having application to Singapore and all Acts, Ordinances and enactments by whatever name called and subsidiary legislation made thereunder for the time being in force in Singapore;