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Public Prosecutor v Mas Swan bin Adnan

[2012] SGCA 70
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtSingapore Court of Appeal
Year2012
StatusBinding authority

Summary

Under the Misuse of Drugs Act, wilful blindness is treated as equivalent to actual knowledge for establishing joint possession and drug trafficking liability.

Key Principle

Misuse of Drugs Act; joint possession; knowledge of nature of drugs; wilful blindness as equivalent of actual knowledge for drug trafficking

Area of Law

criminal

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