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1994 High Court of Singapore judgement on constitutionality of Government orders to deregister and ban Jehovah's Witnesses

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  • 1994 High Court of Singapore judgement on constitutionality of Government orders to deregister and ban Jehovah's Witnesses (en)
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  • The Old Supreme Court Building, photographed in April 2007 (en)
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  • [1994] 3 S.L.R. 209 (en)
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20121026151735/http://lwb.lawnet.com.sg/legal/lgl/rss/landmark/[1994_SGHC_207.html [1994] SGHC 207] (en)
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  • 1994-09-15 (xsd:date)
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  • 1985 (xsd:integer)
  • 1998 (xsd:integer)
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  • Chan Hiang Leng Colin and others v. Public Prosecutor (en)
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  • 1 (xsd:integer)
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  • The deregistration of the Singapore Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses and banning of Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society publications are neither unconstitutional nor ultra vires. The right to freedom of religion guaranteed by Article 15(1) of the Constitution can be restricted on the ground of public order. (en)
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  • The appellants were convicted in the District Court for possession of banned publications. (en)
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  • Chan Hiang Leng Colin v. Minister for Information and the Arts [1995] 2 S.L.R. 627, H.C.; [1996] 1 S.L.R. 294, C.A. (en)
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  • Societies Act (en)
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  • Chan Hiang Leng Colin v Public Prosecutor (en)
  • قضية تشان هيانج لينج كولن ضد المدعي العام (ar)
  • Chan Hiang Leng Colin v Public Prosecutor (in)
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