Chief Justice of Singapore

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The Chief Justice of Singapore is the head of the judiciary and the Supreme Court, overseeing the administration of justice and leading the country’s legal system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs CJ of Singapore ⓘ
appointedBy President of Singapore ⓘ
chairs Council of Judges (Singapore) ⓘ
Singapore Judicial College governing board ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article 94 of the Constitution of Singapore ⓘ
country Singapore ⓘ
createdBy Constitution of the Republic of Singapore ⓘ
currentHolder Sundaresh Menon ⓘ
currentHolderStartDate 2012-11-06 ⓘ
firstHolder Wee Chong Jin ⓘ
firstHolderStartDate 1963-01-05 ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver Judges of the Supreme Court of Singapore ⓘ
Judicial Commissioners of the Supreme Court of Singapore ⓘ
Registrars of the Supreme Court of Singapore ⓘ
hasPower to make practice directions for courts ⓘ
to sit in Court of Appeal of Singapore ⓘ
to sit in High Court of Singapore ⓘ
headOf Judiciary of Singapore ⓘ
Supreme Court of Singapore ⓘ
jurisdiction Singapore ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
leads Singapore legal system ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
locatedIn Downtown Core, Singapore ⓘ
memberOf Supreme Court of Singapore ⓘ
nativeName Chief Justice of Singapore ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage en ⓘ
nominatedBy Prime Minister of Singapore ⓘ
officeHolders Chan Sek Keong ⓘ
Sundaresh Menon ⓘ
Wee Chong Jin ⓘ
Yong Pung How ⓘ
oversees administration of justice in Singapore ⓘ
participatesIn Constitutional interpretation in Singapore ⓘ
partOf Judiciary of Singapore ⓘ
precededBy Chief Justice of the Colony of Singapore ⓘ
residence Singapore ⓘ
responsibleFor allocation of judicial business in Supreme Court of Singapore ⓘ
judicial administration in Singapore ⓘ
judicial policy in Singapore ⓘ
seat Supreme Court of Singapore building ⓘ
style The Honourable the Chief Justice ⓘ
linked to: Chief Justice
supervises subordinate courts through leadership of judiciary ⓘ
symbol Coat of arms of Singapore ⓘ
termLength until age 65 (constitutional retirement age, extendable) ⓘ
worksWith Attorney-General of Singapore ⓘ
Minister for Law (Singapore) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President of Singapore → oathAdministeredBy → Chief Justice of Singapore ⓘ
Chief Justice of Singapore → nativeName → Chief Justice of Singapore ⓘ
Judiciary of Singapore → appointmentOfJudgesOnAdviceOf → Chief Justice of Singapore ⓘ
Judiciary of Singapore → supervisedBy → Chief Justice of Singapore ⓘ
Supreme Court of Judicature Act → defines → office of the Chief Justice of Singapore ⓘ
linked to: Chief Justice of Singapore
High Court of Singapore → headedBy → Chief Justice of Singapore ⓘ
State Courts of Singapore → subordinateTo → Chief Justice of Singapore ⓘ
Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore → reportsInstitutionallyTo → Chief Justice of Singapore ⓘ
Council of Judges (Singapore) → hasChairperson → Chief Justice of Singapore ⓘ
Council of Judges (Singapore) → worksUnder → Chief Justice of Singapore ⓘ
Council of Judges (Singapore) → advises → Chief Justice of Singapore ⓘ
Wee Chong Jin → notableOffice → Chief Justice of Singapore ⓘ
Yong Pung How → positionHeld → Chief Justice of Singapore ⓘ
Sundaresh Menon → positionHeld → Chief Justice of Singapore ⓘ
Sundaresh Menon → office → Chief Justice of Singapore ⓘ
Chan Sek Keong → positionHeld → Chief Justice of Singapore ⓘ
Council of Presidential Advisers → someMembersNominatedBy → Chief Justice of Singapore ⓘ
Senior Judge (Singapore) → subordinateTo → Chief Justice of Singapore ⓘ
subject linked to: Senior Judge
Presiding Judge of the State Courts → worksWith → Chief Justice of Singapore ⓘ
Presiding Judge of the State Courts → reportsTo → Chief Justice of Singapore ⓘ
NUS Faculty of Law → hasAlumni → Singapore Chief Justices ⓘ
linked to: Chief Justice of Singapore