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Interpretation Act 1965 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Miscellaneous
44. Public officers
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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;