Chng Suan Tze v Minister for Home Affairs
Chng Suan Tze v. Minister for Home Affairs is a seminal case in administrative law decided by the Court of Appeal of Singapore in 1988. The Court decided the appeal in the appellants' favour on a technical ground, but considered obiter dicta the reviewability of government power in preventive detention cases under the Internal Security Act ("ISA"). The case approved the application by the court of an objective test in the review of government discretion under the ISA, stating that all power has legal limits and the rule of law demands that the courts should be able to examine the exercise of discretionary power. This was a landmark shift from the position in the 1971 High Court decision Lee Mau Seng v. Minister of Home Affairs, which had been an authority for the application of a subjectiv
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Chng Suan Tze v Minister for Home Affairs
Chng Suan Tze v. Minister for Home Affairs is a seminal case in administrative law decided by the Court of Appeal of Singapore in 1988. The Court decided the appeal in the appellants' favour on a technical ground, but considered obiter dicta the reviewability of government power in preventive detention cases under the Internal Security Act ("ISA"). The case approved the application by the court of an objective test in the review of government discretion under the ISA, stating that all power has legal limits and the rule of law demands that the courts should be able to examine the exercise of discretionary power. This was a landmark shift from the position in the 1971 High Court decision Lee Mau Seng v. Minister of Home Affairs, which had been an authority for the application of a subjectiv
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Chng Suan Tze v. Minister for ...... to internal security matters.
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قضية تشونغ زوان تزي ضد وزير ال ...... ومة بموجب قانون الأمن الداخلي.
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Constitution of the Republic of Singapore
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The Old Supreme Court Building, Singapore, photographed in April 2007
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[1988] SGCA 16, [1988] 2 S.L.R. 525
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1988-12-08
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Chng Suan Tze v. Minister for Home Affairs and others and other appeals
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Wee Chong Jin C.J., L.P. Thean and Chan Sek Keong JJ.
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S. Jayakumar
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S. Jayakumar
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Ministry of Home Affairs and Law
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Exercise of discretion by Pres ...... than subjective test applies.
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De Souza Kevin Desmond v. Mini ...... fairs [1988] 2 S.L.R. 30, H.C.
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Second
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Teo Soh Lung v. Minister for H ...... fairs [1990] 1 S.L.R. 38, H.C.
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Constitution
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Internal Security Act
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Internal Security Act
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Chng Suan Tze v. Minister for ...... the application of a subjectiv
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قضية تشونغ زوان تزي ضد وزير ال ...... مثل قضية لي ماو سينغ عام 1971.
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Chng Suan Tze v Minister for Home Affairs
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قضية تشونغ سوان تزي ضد وزير الشؤون الداخلية
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