Further Clarification from the High Court on the Limits to the Constitutional Right to Counsel: James Raj s/o Arokiasamy v PP [2014] SGHC 10

• Main Authors: CHEN, Siyuan, TAN, Kenneth
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Constitutional Law; Courts
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1274; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/3227/viewcontent/1401_03_Arokiasamy_v_PP__2014__SGHC_10.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Article 9(3) of the Constitution1 states that “Where a person is arrested, he … shall be allowed to consult and be defended by a legal practitioner of his choice.” However, art 9(3) does not stipulate the point in time at which an arrested person is entitled to consult counsel. The local jurispruden...