Hearings
Singapore
15 Oct 1980 [1981] AC 648; [1980] 3 WLR 855, PC
Ong Ah Chuan v Public Prosecutor
Additional names
Koh Chai Cheng v Public Prosecutor
Subject Matter
CONSTITUTION — Singapore — Constitution — Statutory rebuttable presumption — Possession of more than two grammes of heroin presumed trafficking — Whether unconstitutional — Whether death sentence for trafficking in more than 15 grammes of heroin unconstitutional — Constitution of Republic of Singapore (reprint 31 March 1980), arts 9(1), 12(1) — Misuse of Drugs Act 1973, ss 15, 29 (as amended by Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Act 1975, ss 5, 9, 13)
[1981] AC 648; [1980] 3 WLR 855
CRIME — Singapore — Crime — Drugs — Trafficking — More than two grammes of heroin conveyed by car — Whether “transport” — Statutory presumption of “trafficking” when in possession of more than two grammes of heroin — Whether rebutted — Misuse of Drugs Act 1973, ss 2(a), 3, 10, 15 (as amended by Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Act 1975, ss 3, 5)