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judicial rolepreventive detentionscopesubject matter test
Tan Seet Eng v Attorney-General
[2016] 1 SLR 779
Key Principle
The SGCA held that executive detention orders are subject to judicial review; the court will examine whether the grounds for detention are satisfied objectively, applying the Wednesbury standard adapted for the Singapore constitutional context.
Area of Law
public-law
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