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Taw Cheng Kong v PP

[1998] 2 SLR(R) 489
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtSingapore Court of Appeal
Year1998
StatusOverruled

Summary

Court of Appeal held s 37 PCA unconstitutional for breach of Art 12 equal protection, later overruled by the Privy Council restoring the provision's validity.

Key Principle

Prevention of Corruption Act; extraterritorial application; Art 12 equal protection; rational basis review

Area of Law

constitutional

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