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Law Society of Singapore v Tan Guat Neo Phyllis

[2007] SGHC 207; [2008] 2 SLR(R) 239
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtHigh Court (Singapore) (three-judge court of three)
Year2007
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Evidence obtained by entrapment is admissible in Singapore as there is no judicial discretion to exclude relevant evidence solely on the ground that it was unfairly or improperly obtained; prosecutorial discretion is constitutionally vested in the Attorney-General and reviewable only in narrow circumstances.

Area of Law

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