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Vellama d/o Marie Muthu v Attorney-General

[2013] 4 SLR 1

JurisdictionSingapore

CourtCourt of Appeal of Singapore

Year2013

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

The SGCA held that where a vacancy arises in a single-member constituency, the Prime Minister must call a by-election within a reasonable time; the discretion is not unfettered.

Area of Law

public-law

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