Ministry of Law (Singapore)

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| jurisdiction = Government of Singapore

| motto = A Trusted Legal System, A Trusted Singapore

| employees = 1,022{{Cite web|url=https://www.singaporebudget.gov.sg/docs/default-source/budget_2019/download/pdf/41-MLAW-2019.pdf|title=Singapore Budget}}

| budget = {{increase}} S$555.57 million (2019)

| headquarters = 100 High Street, #08-02 The Treasury, Singapore 179434

| minister1_name = Edwin Tong

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Minister

| minister2_name = Murali Pillai

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Senior Minister of State

| minister3_name = Eric Chua

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Senior Parliamentary Secretary

| chief1_name = Luke Goh

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Permanent Secretary

| chief2_name = Colin Chow

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Deputy Secretary

| chief3_name = Charlene Chang

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Deputy Secretary

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| child1_agency = Intellectual Property Office of Singapore

| child2_agency = Singapore Land Authority

| website = {{url|www.mlaw.gov.sg}}

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The Ministry of Law (MinLaw; {{langx|ms|Kementerian Undang-Undang}}; {{lang-zh|律政部}}; {{langx|ta|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.

Organisational structure

The 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

The Ministry is headed by the Minister for Law, who is appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore.

Portrait !Name {{small\|(Birth–Death)}} ! width="85" \| Took office ! width="85" \| Left office ! colspan="2" \|Party !Cabinet
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border:1px #aaf solid;"
x140px \|K. M. Byrne MP for Crawford (1913–1990) \|5 June 1959 \|17 October 1963 \|style="background:{{party color\|People's Action Party}};" \| \|PAP \|Lee K. I
colspan="7" \|Vacant (18 October 1963–31 October 1964)
rowspan="6" \| \| rowspan="6" \|E. W. Barker{{cite news \|date=1 November 1964 \|title=Barker's sworn in as Law Minister \|newspaper=The Straits Times \|location=Singapore \|url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19641101-1.2.108.aspx \|access-date=6 September 2013}}{{cite news \|date=29 May 2017 \|title=Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong launches new E W Barker Centre for Law and Business at NUS \|language=en \|work=The Straits Times \|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/role-of-law-in-ensuring-singapore-keeps-its-competitive-edge-in-business \|access-date=29 May 2017}} MP for Tanglin (1920–2001) \| rowspan="6" \|1 November 1964 \| rowspan="6" \|12 September 1988 \| rowspan="6" style="background:{{party color\|People's Action Party}};" \| \| rowspan="6" \|PAP \|Lee K. II
Lee K. III
Lee K. IV
Lee K. V
Lee K. VI
Lee K. VII
rowspan="7" \|150x150px \| rowspan="7" \|S. Jayakumar MP for Bedok GRC & East Coast GRC (born 1939) \| rowspan="7" \|12 September 1988 \| rowspan="7" \|30 April 2008 \| rowspan="7" style="background:{{party color\|People's Action Party}};" \| \| rowspan="7" \|PAP \|Lee K. VIII
Goh I
Goh II
Goh III
Goh IV
Lee H. I
style="height:30px;" \| rowspan="2" \|Lee H. II
style="height:30px;" \| rowspan="5" \|125x125px \| rowspan="5" \|K. Shanmugam{{cite news \|last1=Ong \|first1=Justin \|date=28 September 2015 \|title=Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore's new Cabinet \|publisher=Channel NewsAsia \|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/prime-minister-lee-hsien/2154802.html \|url-status=dead \|access-date=1 October 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621143256/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/prime-minister-lee-hsien-loong-announces-singapore-s-new-cabinet-8239284 \|archive-date=2018-06-21}}{{Cite web \|last=Mahmud \|first=Aqil Haziq \|date=2020-07-25 \|title=PM Lee announces new Cabinet; 6 office holders promoted, 3 retirements \|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/pm-lee-singapore-new-cabinet-parliament-ge2020-12962844 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725183434/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/pm-lee-singapore-new-cabinet-parliament-ge2020-12962844 \|archive-date=2020-07-25 \|access-date=2020-07-25 \|website=CNA \|language=en}} MP for Sembawang GRC & Nee Soon GRC (born 1959) \| rowspan="5" \|1 May 2008 \| rowspan="5" \|23 May 2025 \| rowspan="5" style="background:{{party color\|People's Action Party}};" \| \| rowspan="5" \|PAP
Lee H. III
Lee H. IV
Lee H. V
Wong I
style="height:30px;" \| rowspan="1" \|134x134px \| rowspan="1" \|Edwin Tong MP for East Coast GRC (born 1969) \| rowspan="1" \|23 May 2025 \| rowspan="1" \|Incumbent \| rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color\|People's Action Party}};" \| \| rowspan="1" \|PAP \|Wong II

References

External links

[http://www.mlaw.gov.sg Official website of the Ministry of Law]
[http://app.sgdi.gov.sg/listing.asp?agency_subtype=dept&agency_id=0000000010 Singapore Government Directory Interactive — Ministry of Law]

Law

Singapore, Law

Singapore

Category:1964 establishments in Singapore

Ministry of Law (Singapore)

Organisational structure

Ministers

See also

References

External links