Talk:Article 15 of the Constitution of Singapore

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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on November 29, 2010.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that freedom of religion in Singapore, which is guaranteed by Article 15 of the Constitution of Singapore, may be restricted by a general law relating to public order, public health or morality?

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Application[edit]

Has any law/decree etc. ever been struck down on the basis of this article? The article as is suggests that no, but does not explicitly says so. Circéus (talk) 22:24, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You're right – no statute has yet been successfully invalidated for inconsistency with Article 15. Do you think this should be mentioned in the article? There won't be a reference for it, though. — SMUconlaw (talk) 17:02, 20 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That is an interesting problem, both regarding the slight PoV issues (I don't trust an constitutional article of this type that basically never gets applied) and the sourcing (which is basically the issue of Evidence of absence/proving a negative)... Circéus (talk) 20:11, 20 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I am aware, only one statutory provision and one executive order have been successfully struck down for incompatibility with the fundamental liberties in the Singapore Constitution. In the first case, the decision was overturned on appeal, and in the second case the court judgment was reversed by way of a constitutional and a legislative amendment (see "Chng Suan Tze v. Minister for Home Affairs" and "Teo Soh Lung v. Minister for Home Affairs"). That's what makes constitutional and administrative law in Singapore so interesting. We've only been an independent republic since 1965; give us some time! — SMUconlaw (talk) 09:28, 21 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Referencing issues[edit]

What is "Thio, pp. 72–73" and "Thio, p. 76" referring to? It could be " Thio Li-ann (2010), 'Contentious Liberty: Regulating Religious Propagation in a Multi-religious Secular Democracy"', "Thio Li-ann (30 October 2007), 'Secularism, the Singapore way"' or 'Thio Li-ann (1995), "The Secular Trumps the Sacred: Constitutional Issues Arising from Colin Chan v Public Prosecutor"' Also, this article would be a quick fail if it undergoes FA review because citations are repeated in "References", and not all citations are stated in the "References" section. 175.156.242.240 (talk) 10:46, 19 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing out the ambiguity, which I've clarified. However, I don't think it's necessary to set out all the citations in the "References" section, only those which are repeated numerous times. The rest of the citations are in the "Notes" section. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 02:58, 23 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]