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Constitutional and Administrative Law (LAW204)

20132014, Semester 2

Individual Resear! "a#er

Setion: G1

Instrutor: Prof Eugene Tan

$o#i %um&er: 5 (Own Topic)

s3''A o t!e "enal Code !as &een !eld onstitutional in Sina#ore* W!at s!ould

&e t!e law in Sina#ore, wit! #artiular ous on its onstitutionalit+ vis-vis

Art . and 12 o t!e Constitution/ $!e arua&ledis#uta&le as#ets o t!e

landmar ases s!ould &e t!e ous*

Student %um&er:

I declare that this research paper contains _3000_ words.1

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The author would lie to than !ssoc Prof "ap Po #en of $ni%ersit& of 'ong ong for his %aluale co**ents. !ll errorsare the author+s own.

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The ,G'- decisions in Tan Eng Hong (TEH) andLim Meng Suang (LMS) are

unsatisfactor& s/00!*ight %iolate !rticle 1 of the ,ingapore -onstitution/(2!rt314).

!rticle 6 (2!rt34) and the funda*ental rules of natural 7ustice (289#4) will e

considered; ut as the& are unliel& grounds for successful challenge; discussion is

parenthetical.

I* Art12 C!allene

The 2reasonale classification4 test5 has a contentious second li*: what was the

purpose of the act< =as there a rational nexus %is3>3%is the differentia< =as the

classification under3inclusi%e or o%er3inclusi%e< =as it broadly proportionate to its

purpose