The Ministry of Law (MinLaw; Malay: Kementerian Undang-Undang; Chinese: 律政部; Tamil: சட்ட அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for the advancement in access to justice, the rule of law, the economy and society through policy, law and services.
| Agency overview | |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Singapore |
| Headquarters | 100 High Street, #08-02 The Treasury, Singapore 179434 |
| Motto | A Trusted Legal System, A Trusted Singapore |
| Employees | 1,022[1] |
| Annual budget |  S$555.57 million (2019)[1] |
| Ministers responsible |
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| Agency executives |
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| Child agencies | |
| Website | www |
| Agency ID | T08GA0018G |
Organisational structure
editThe Ministry of Law comprises
- Headquarters (HQ)
- Four departments (Insolvency and Public Trustee's Office, Legal Aid Bureau, Anti-Money Laundering / Countering the Financing of Terrorism Division, and Community Mediation Unit, the last of which oversees the Community Mediation Centres located at The Treasury and at the Subordinate Courts of Singapore)
- Three boards and tribunals (Appeals Board for Land Acquisitions, Land Surveyors Board and Copyright Tribunal)
- Two statutory boards (Intellectual Property Office of Singapore and Singapore Land Authority)
Ministers
editThe Ministry is headed by the Minister for Law, who is appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore. The incumbent minister is MP for Nee Soon GRC K. Shanmugam from the People's Action Party.
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Party | Cabinet | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. M. Byrne MP for Crawford (1913–1990) |
5 June 1959 |
17 October 1963 |
PAP | Lee K. I | ||
| Vacant (18 October 1963–31 October 1964) | ||||||
| Edmund W. Barker[2][3] MP for Tanglin (1920–2001) |
1 November 1964 |
12 September 1988 |
PAP | Lee K. II | ||
| Lee K. III | ||||||
| Lee K. IV | ||||||
| Lee K. V | ||||||
| Lee K. VI | ||||||
| Lee K. VII | ||||||
| S. Jayakumar MP for Bedok GRC & East Coast GRC (born 1939) |
12 September 1988 |
30 April 2008 |
PAP | Lee K. VIII | ||
| Goh I | ||||||
| Goh II | ||||||
| Goh III | ||||||
| Goh IV | ||||||
| Lee H. I | ||||||
| Lee H. II | ||||||
| K. Shanmugam[4][5] MP for Sembawang GRC & Nee Soon GRC (born 1959) |
1 May 2008 |
Incumbent | PAP | |||
| Lee H. III | ||||||
| Lee H. IV | ||||||
| Lee H. V | ||||||
| Wong I | ||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Singapore Budget" (PDF).
- ^ "Barker's sworn in as Law Minister". The Straits Times. Singapore. 1 November 1964. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ^ "Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong launches new E W Barker Centre for Law and Business at NUS". The Straits Times. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ Ong, Justin (28 September 2015). "Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore's new Cabinet". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ Mahmud, Aqil Haziq (25 July 2020). "PM Lee announces new Cabinet; 6 office holders promoted, 3 retirements". CNA. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
External links
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