Methodology
How laws.sg sources & verifies the law
laws.sg turns official Singapore legal sources into clean, structured, citable text. Here is exactly where the text comes from, how it is processed, and how current it is.
1. Sourcing
Every work is taken from its official publisher (for example, the SingaporeAttorney-General's Chambers / government gazette). Each page links back to that authoritative source, and the structured data records it as the canonical origin. Where a work is only available from an unofficial archive, the page is labelled as such.
2. Structuring
The official text is parsed into its natural hierarchy — parts, sections, sub-sections, and provisions — so each unit has a stable, citable anchor. We never paraphrase or summarise the legal text; the provision text you read is the source text, reorganised for navigation, not rewritten.
3. Verifying
Parsed works are checked against the source for structural fidelity, and readers can flag corrections on any provision. Status (in force, amended, repealed) and amendment history are derived from recorded relationships between instruments, not inferred.
4. Freshness
Each work shows when its content was last updated. Re-parses and corrections bump that date, and the sitemap reflects it, so search engines and AI assistants can tell how current a page is.
Not legal advice
laws.sg is a free, public interface for reading and citing Singapore law. It is not legal advice. Always verify against the official publisher before relying on any text.