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Constitution of Singapore

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Reliable sources of the text of the Constitution available to all with access to the internet include:

Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (current version)
Open access provided by the official Singapore Statutes Online site
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Books in the Bodleian Law Library with shelf marks beginning Cw Sing are on Level 1, one floor beneath the entrance level.

The Constitution of Singapore by Kevin Yl Tan
Call Number: Cw Sing 510 T161d

ISBN: 9781849463966

Publication Date: 2015
Evolution of a revolution : forty years of the Singapore constitution by Li-Ann Thio and Kevin YL Tan.
Call Number: Cw Sing 510 T444a

ISBN: 9780415438629

Publication Date: 2009

The constitution of Singapore may feature in comparative studies

Books in the Bodleian law Library with shelf marks beginning General or Cw Gen are on Level 2, one floor at which you enter the library.

Constitutional Statecraft in Asian Courts by Yvonne Tew
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.

ISBN: 9780198716839

Publication Date: 2020

Print copy is at General 510 T354.2a

For citations to articles in the current constitution, a widely recognised practice is to use the following abbreviation:

Const., Art. 1

For any of the earlier constitutions, put the year of its formation first eg. 1946 Const., Art. 2

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