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Nguyen Tuong Van v Public Prosecutor

[2004] SGCA 47; [2005] 1 SLR(R) 103

JurisdictionSingapore

CourtCourt of Appeal of Singapore

Year2004

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

The mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking is constitutional, and any customary international-law prohibition on it is not received into Singapore law where inconsistent with statute.

Area of Law

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