Constitution of the Republic of Singapore

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The Constitution of the Republic of Singapore is the supreme law that establishes the structure, powers, and fundamental principles of Singapore’s government and guarantees key rights for its citizens.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national constitution ⓘ
supreme law ⓘ
appliesTo citizens of Singapore ⓘ
persons within the territory of Singapore ⓘ
basedOn Westminster system principles ⓘ
contains provisions on citizenship ⓘ
provisions on constitutional amendments ⓘ
provisions on emergency powers ⓘ
provisions on finance ⓘ
provisions on fundamental liberties ⓘ
provisions on group representation constituencies ⓘ
provisions on the Attorney-General of Singapore ⓘ
provisions on the Auditor-General of Singapore ⓘ
provisions on the Council of Presidential Advisers ⓘ
provisions on the Elected Presidency ⓘ
provisions on the Executive ⓘ
provisions on the Judiciary ⓘ
provisions on the Legislature ⓘ
provisions on the Presidential Council for Minority Rights ⓘ
provisions on the Public Service Commission of Singapore ⓘ
provisions on the delimitation of electoral boundaries ⓘ
provisions on the public service ⓘ
country Singapore ⓘ
defines Cabinet of Singapore ⓘ
Council of Ministers of Singapore ⓘ
Parliament of Singapore ⓘ
Supreme Court of Singapore ⓘ
office of the President of Singapore ⓘ
office of the Prime Minister of Singapore ⓘ
powers of the Judiciary of Singapore ⓘ
powers of the Parliament of Singapore ⓘ
powers of the President of Singapore ⓘ
subordinate courts of Singapore ⓘ
establishes fundamental principles of the Singapore government ⓘ
powers of the Government of Singapore ⓘ
structure of the Government of Singapore ⓘ
governs executive branch of Singapore ⓘ
judicial branch of Singapore ⓘ
legislative branch of Singapore ⓘ
guarantees fundamental liberties ⓘ
key rights of Singapore citizens ⓘ
influencedBy Constitution of Malaysia (historical) principles ⓘ
Constitution of the United Kingdom (unwritten) principles ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Singapore ⓘ
linked to: Singapore
language English ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of Singapore ⓘ
requires special majority in Parliament for constitutional amendments ⓘ
shortTitle Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
subjectTo interpretation by the courts of Singapore ⓘ

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President of Singapore → createdBy → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
President of Singapore → legalFramework → Constitution of Singapore, Part V ⓘ
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President of Singapore → subordinateTo → Constitution of Singapore ⓘ
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Parliament of Singapore → establishedBy → Constitution of Singapore ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of the Republic of Singapore
Supreme Court of Singapore → establishedUnder → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
Supreme Court of Singapore → subjectTo → Constitution of Singapore ⓘ
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Singapore law → hasSourceOfLaw → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
Singapore law → hasSupremeLaw → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
Constitution of the Republic of Singapore → shortTitle → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
Presidential Elections Committee (eligibility vetting) → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
Chief Justice of Singapore → createdBy → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
Cabinet of Singapore → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
Cabinet of Singapore → establishedBy → Constitution of Singapore ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of the Republic of Singapore
Cabinet of Singapore → constitutionalArticle → Article 24 of the Constitution of Singapore ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of the Republic of Singapore
Speaker of Parliament (Singapore) → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
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Parl → establishedBy → Constitution of Singapore ⓘ
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Parliamentary Elections Act of Singapore → relatedTo → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
Judiciary of Singapore → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
Supreme Court of Judicature Act → relatedTo → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
High Court of Singapore → appliesLaw → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
Government of Singapore → constitutionalDocument → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
Attorney-General’s Chambers of Singapore → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
Office of the Prime Minister of Singapore → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
Presidential Elections Act (Singapore) → relatedTo → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
Elections Department Singapore → legalFramework → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore → governedBy → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
Chief Justice of Singapore → guaranteedBy → Constitution of Singapore ⓘ
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Chief Justice of Singapore → appointedUnder → Constitution of Singapore ⓘ
subject linked to: CJ of Singapore
linked to: Constitution of the Republic of Singapore
Chief Justice of Singapore → legalBasis → Article 94 of the Constitution of Singapore ⓘ
subject linked to: CJ of Singapore
linked to: Constitution of the Republic of Singapore
President’s Office of Singapore → follows → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
Ministers of State (Singapore) → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
subject linked to: Ministers of State
Council of Presidential Advisers → hasLegalBasisIn → Constitution of Singapore ⓘ
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Standing Orders of the Parliament of Singapore → relatedTo → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
Non-constituency Member of Parliament scheme → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
Non-constituency Member of Parliament → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
Parliamentary Elections Act → relatedTo → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
Nominated Member of Parliament scheme → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
Rendel Constitution of 1955 → precededBy → Constitution of Singapore 1948 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of the Republic of Singapore
Rendel Constitution of 1955 → followedBy → Constitution of Singapore 1959 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of the Republic of Singapore
General Division of the High Court → governedBy → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
Judicial Commissioner (Singapore) → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
subject linked to: Judicial Commissioner
Senior Judge (Singapore) → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
subject linked to: Senior Judge
High Court of Singapore → governedBy → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
subject linked to: High Court
District Courts (Singapore) → subjectTo → Singapore Constitution ⓘ
subject linked to: District Courts
linked to: Constitution of the Republic of Singapore
Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
Ministry of Finance (Singapore) → follows → Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ