Ministry of Law (Singapore)
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Singapore |
| Headquarters | 100 High Street, #08-02 The Treasury, Singapore 179434 |
| Motto | A Trusted Legal System, A Trusted Singapore |
| Employees | 1,022 |
| Annual budget |
 S$555.57 million (2019)
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| Website | www |
The Ministry of Law (MinLaw; Malay: Kementerian Undang-Undang; Chinese: 律政部; Tamil: 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. The incumbent minister is MP for Nee Soon GRC K. Shanmugam from the People's Action Party.
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Party | Cabinet | |
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K. M. Byrne MP for Crawford (1913–1990) |
5 June 1959 |
17 October 1963 |
PAP | Lee K. I | ||
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Vacant (18 October 1963–31 October 1964) |
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Edmund W. Barker MP for Tanglin (1920–2001) |
1 November 1964 |
12 September 1988 |
PAP | Lee K. II | ||
| Lee K. III | ||||||
| Lee K. IV | ||||||
| Lee K. V | ||||||
| Lee K. VI | ||||||
| Lee K. VII | ||||||
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S. Jayakumar MP for Bedok GRC (until 1997) MP for East Coast GRC (from 1997) (born 1939) |
12 September 1988 |
30 April 2008 |
PAP | Lee K. VIII | |
| Goh I | ||||||
| Goh II | ||||||
| Goh III | ||||||
| Goh IV | ||||||
| Lee H. I | ||||||
| Lee H. II | ||||||
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K. Shanmugam MP for Sembawang GRC (until 2011) MP for Nee Soon GRC (from 2011) (born 1959) |
1 May 2008 |
Incumbent | PAP | ||
| Lee H. III | ||||||
| Lee H. IV | ||||||
| Lee H. V | ||||||