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    Working out the Presidency : No Passage of Rights – In defence of the Opinion of the Constitutional Tribunal

    Citation: [1996] Sing JLS 1
    In 1994, a difference of opinion arose between the President and the Government on whether the President had the power, under Article 22H(1) of the Constitution, to veto a Bill to amend Article 22H(1). The Constitution was amended to establish a Tribunal to which any question as to the effect of a constitutional provision on any Bill could be referred for its opinion. In the first reference heard on 17 March 1995, the Tribunal advised that the President had no power under Article 22H(1) to veto a Bill to amend Article 22H(1) itself. The Tribunal's position as well as the case for the Government was strongly criticized in an article published in the December 1995 issue of this journal. This article is a reply to those criticisms.
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