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Ministry of Law
Agency overview
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)
Ministers responsible	K Shanmugam, ; Minister; Edwin Tong, ; Second Minister; Rahayu Mahzam, ; Senior Parliamentary Secretary;
Agency executives	Luke Goh, ; Permanent Secretary; Calvin Phua, ; Deputy Secretary;
Child agencies	Intellectual Property Office of Singapore; Singapore Land Authority;
Website	www.mlaw.gov.sg

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 edit

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 edit

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		Cabinet
	K. M. Byrne MP for Crawford (1913–1990)	5 June 1959	17 October 1963	PAP	Lee K. I
Vacant (18 October 1963–31 October 1964)
	Edmund W. Barker^[2]^[3] 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
	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
	K. Shanmugam^[4]^[5] MP for Sembawang GRC (until 2011) MP for Nee Soon GRC (from 2011) (born 1959)	1 May 2008	Incumbent	PAP	Lee H. II
					Lee H. III
					Lee H. IV
					Lee H. V

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Singapore Budget" (PDF).
^ "Barker's sworn in as Law Minister". The Straits Times. Singapore. 1 November 1964. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
^ "Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong launches new E W Barker Centre for Law and Business at NUS". The Straits Times. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
^ Ong, Justin (28 September 2015). "Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore's new Cabinet". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
^ Mahmud, Aqil Haziq (25 July 2020). "PM Lee announces new Cabinet; 6 office holders promoted, 3 retirements". CNA. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.