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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Main Author: LAU, Kwan Ho
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2866
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4824/viewcontent/Mandatory_Criminal_Sentences_2018_afv.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English