On mandatory criminal sentences, legislative interpretation, and the prospective application of the law: A view from Singapore
Cana court find that a criminal sentence is mandatory under the penal legislation butchoose, exceptionally, to apply that finding only to future cases? This raisesan interesting question on the prospective application of a correctconstruction of legislation, requiring consideration of difficult issu...
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sg-smu-ink.sol_research-48242020-05-25T15:52:31Z On mandatory criminal sentences, legislative interpretation, and the prospective application of the law: A view from Singapore LAU, Kwan Ho Cana court find that a criminal sentence is mandatory under the penal legislation butchoose, exceptionally, to apply that finding only to future cases? This raisesan interesting question on the prospective application of a correctconstruction of legislation, requiring consideration of difficult issuessurrounding not just the temporal application of the law but also theprotection of the interests belonging to all citizenry, including convictedpersons. Recent decisions in Singapore and elsewhere provide an opening for amore detailed inquiry to be undertaken. 2020-02-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2866 info:doi/10.1093/slr/hmy020 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4824/viewcontent/Mandatory_Criminal_Sentences_2018_afv.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Criminal Sentencing; Statutory Interpretation; Prospective Overruling Asian Studies Criminal Law |
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Cana court find that a criminal sentence is mandatory under the penal legislation butchoose, exceptionally, to apply that finding only to future cases? This raisesan interesting question on the prospective application of a correctconstruction of legislation, requiring consideration of difficult issuessurrounding not just the temporal application of the law but also theprotection of the interests belonging to all citizenry, including convictedpersons. Recent decisions in Singapore and elsewhere provide an opening for amore detailed inquiry to be undertaken. |
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