1. Open Access to Legal Materials in
Singapore
Charlotte Gill
IALL 30th Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information
7th December 2011
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2. Overview
 Case Law
 Legislation
 Parliamentary Reports
 Practice Directions & Rulebooks
 Government Information
 Current Awareness
 Guides
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3. LawNet
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4. Law Reports
 Singapore Law Reports
 SLR(R)1965-2009
 SLR 2010 –
 Available in:
 Print
 LawNet
 Justis
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5. Other Reporters
 The Malayan Law Journal from 1932
 The Heritage Law Reports 1808-1980
Available in:
Print
LawNet
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6. Judgments
Judgments (Open access for 3 months)
 The Supreme Court of Singapore
 The Subordinate Courts of Singapore
 District & Magistrate Courts Judgments
 Family & Juvenile Court Judgments
Archive available in LawNet
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7. Decisions
Decisions by specialised tribunals established by statute.
 Appeals Board (Land Acquisition), the Copyright Tribunal,
 Disciplinary Committee of the Law Society of Singapore,
 Income Tax Board of Review,
 Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
 Military Court of Appeal
 Singapore Domain Name Dispute Resolution Service
 Strata Titles Board
Available in LawNet
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8. Legislation
Open Access Fee
Singapore Statutes Online LawNet
http://statutes.agc.gov.sg Legal Workbench (VLDB)
 Statutes and Act Supplements http://www.lawnet.com.sg
only.
 Statutes
 Current Version only
 Subsidiary Legislation
 Browse /Search
 Act Supplements
 Whole Document
 Subsidiary legislation supplements
 No repealed legislation
 Bill Supplements
 No PDFs
 Versions (1997-)
 No repealed legislation before
1997
 No PDFs
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9. Legislation
 Statutes – Singapore Statutes Online
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10. Laws of the Straits Settlements (1835 - 1919)
 The C J Koh Law Library has digitised this rare 5-
volume set. The laws are freely available via the NUS
Libraries catalogue, LINC.
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11. Bills
 Parliament of Singapore - Bills introduced
(2002 - present)
 E-Gazette (1998 -)
 LawNet (1962 - )
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12. Government Gazette
 E-gazette - http://www.egazette.com.sg
 The eGazette is published daily and is available to the public
for 5 days. Archive requires a subscription. PDF available.
 Government Gazette
 Bills Supplement
 Acts Supplement
 Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
 Industrial Relations Supplement
 Treaties Supplement
 Supplement to Government Gazette
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13. Purchase Print copies
 Toppan Leefung Pte Ltd
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14. Parliament Reports
Parliament of Singapore
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15. Others
 Supreme Court Rules of Court
 Supreme Court Practice Directions
 Subordinate Court Practice Directions
 ACRA Practice DMAS Regulations & Licensing
 SGX Rulebooks & Manuals
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16. Others
 Consultation papers
 Singapore Academy of Law: Law Reform Committee
Publications
 Law Reform Publications AGC - Legislation and Law Reform
Division ("LLRD“)
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17. Government
www.gov.sg
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18. Current Awareness
 Singapore Law Watch
http://www.singaporelawwatch.sg
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19. Research Guide
http://researchguides.smu.edu.sg/singaporelaw
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20. Useful Guides
 Globalex - A Guide to the Singapore Legal System and Legal
Research (2008)
 Singapore Academy of Law - http://www.singaporelaw.sg
 National University of Singapore, CJ Koh Law Library – Law in
Singapore
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21. Thank You
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