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    A Comparative Analysis of Tax Incentives in ASEAN Countries

    Citation: [1985] Sing JLS 417
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    Strict Compliance with the Terms of A Documentary Credit: Overseas Union Bank, Ltd. v Chua Teng Hwee

    Citation: [1964] Sing JLS 417
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    Common Intention and the Presumption of Joint Possession in the Misuse of Drugs Act

    Citation: [2014] Sing JLS 419
    In 2010, the Singapore Court of Appeal thoroughly reviewed the doctrine of common_x000D_ intention under s 34 of the Penal Code in the landmark decision of Daniel Vijay s/o Katherasan v Public Prosecutor. The present case is the first drug trafficking_x000D_ case involving this provision to reach the Court of Appeal since then. For the most_x000D_ part, Ridzuan reads like a straightforward and unremarkable case. The appellant_x000D_ Ridzuan was convicted at the High Court with his partner-in-crimeAbdul Haleem for_x000D_ trafficking in an amount of heroin large enough to attract the mandatory death penalty_x000D_ under the Misuse of Drugs Act. Abdul Haleem did not appeal his conviction because_x000D_ he had received a certificate of cooperation from the prosecution and benefited from_x000D_ the attendant discretion given to the trial judge to commute his sentence to life_x000D_ imprisonment with caning. Ridzuan, however, did not qualify for the certificate, and_x000D_ consequently filed this appeal which the Court of Appeal dismissed. The judgment_x000D_ itself contains little by way of uncertainty or controversy over the applicable law on_x000D_ common intention, as the court readily dealt with the issue by following its earlier pronouncements in Daniel Vijay. The appeal also did not turn on this issue as_x000D_ the court was thorough enough to find Ridzuan not only constructively liable for_x000D_ his complicity in Abdul Haleem's act, but also liable as a principal offender for_x000D_ satisfying the elements of the offence of trafficking. There is ultimately very little_x000D_ in the judgment to support any serious argument that the outcome for Ridzuan,_x000D_ unfortunately for him, could have been any different
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    Strata Title and Commonhold – A Look at Selected Aspects of the Singapore and English Legislation

    Citation: [2008] Sing JLS 420
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    A Case of Forum Illegality?: John B. Skilling v Consolidated Hotels

    Citation: [1988] Sing JLS 420
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    Loans for Extraterritorial Gambling and the Proper Law: Loh Chee Song v Liew Yong Chian

    Citation: [1998] Sing JLS 421
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    Singapore and International Law

    Citation: [1983] Sing JLS 421
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    Diamonds in Breach of Law: Dimplex Gems v Yusoof Diamonds

    Citation: [1988] Sing JLS 424
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    Has the Public Services Commission Power to Dismiss?: Munusamy v The Public Services Commission

    Citation: [1964] Sing JLS 425
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    Death and the Central Provident Fund Revisited: Chai Choon Yong v Central Provident Fund Board

    Citation: [2005] Sing JLS 426