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Ong Ah Chuan v Public Prosecutor

[1981] AC 648
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtPrivy Council
Year1981
StatusPersuasive authority

Summary

Equal protection under the Singapore Constitution requires that legislative classifications bear a rational relation to the social object of the law.

Key Principle

The Privy Council held that the equal protection guarantee under the Singapore Constitution requires that laws treat equally all persons in the same class; classification must bear a rational relation to the social object of the law.

Area of Law

constitutional

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