PP; Teh Cheng Poh

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1978
Date1979
CourtPrivy Council
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  • BETWEEN TWO SHORES
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2020, December 2020
    • 1 December 2020
    ...1 MLJ 697. 31 Surinder Singh Kanda v The Government of the Federation of Malaya [1962] MLJ 169. 32 Teh Cheng Poh v Public Prosecutor [1979] 1 MLJ 50. 33 Federal Constitution (2010 Reprint) Arts 73–79. 34 Federal Constitution (2010 Reprint) Arts 5–13. 35 Federal Constitution (2010 Reprint) A......
  • PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION AND THE LEGAL LIMITS IN SINGAPORE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2013, December 2013
    • 1 December 2013
    ...Substances and Offensive Weapons Act (Cap 65, 1985 Rev Ed)). 43Ramalingam Ravinthran v Attorney-General[2012] 2 SLR 49 at [41]. 44 [1979] 1 MLJ 50. 45 Internal Security Act 1960 (No 82 of 1972) (M'sia) s 57(1). 46 Arms Act 1960 (No 21 of 1960) (M'sia), read with Firearms (Increased Penaltie......
  • Administrative and Constitutional Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2012, December 2012
    • 1 December 2012
    ...Court of Appeal did note the general principles laid down by the Privy Council in the Malaysian case of Teh Cheng Poh v Public Prosecutor[1979] 1 MLJ 50 (‘Teh Cheng Poh v PP’) to the effect that what the equality clause required in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion was that the Publi......
  • THE PERSISTENT PROBLEM OF THE PROSECUTOR’S PRIMA FACIE1 BURDEN
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1997, December 1997
    • 1 December 1997
    ...It appears that the appellate scrutiny lies somewhere in between minimum evaluation and proof beyond reasonable doubt. 23 Teh Cheng Poh [1979] 1 MLJ 50 (PC Msia), although the theoretical possibility of review is acknowledged. 24 Public law is usually thought to comprise constitutional and ......
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