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Singapore Leading Case parliamentary sovereigntygrounds illegality

Vellama d/o Marie Muthu v Attorney-General

[2013] 4 SLR 1
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtSingapore Court of Appeal
Year2013
StatusBinding authority

Summary

Where a vacancy arises in a single-member constituency, the Prime Minister must call a by-election within a reasonable time and the discretion to do so is not unfettered.

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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