Skip to main content
Home Case law Statutes Constitutions
Esheria Esheria Singapore Constitution
Share

Share this page

Send a link to this legal source.

Share to X Share to LinkedIn

Sign in
  1. Constitutions
  2. Singapore
  3. —(1) A Legal Service Commission is established.

🇸🇬 SingaporeConstitution

Constitution of the Republic of Singapore

—(1) A Legal Service Commission is established.

The Legal Service Commission

Jurisdiction
Singapore
Provision
111J
Source language
English
Recorded status
in force
More details
Recorded status
in force

Provision text

Official source
111J.—(1) A Legal Service Commission is established. (2) The Commission consists of — (a) the Attorney‑General (as President); (b) the Chairman of the Public Service Commission (as Vice‑President); and (c) the following other members: (i) up to 2 members appointed by the President on the advice of the Attorney‑General; (ii) up to 2 members appointed by the President on the advice of the Chairman of the Public Service Commission; (iii) up to 2 members appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister. (3) For the purposes of clause (2)(c) — (a) the President may, acting in the President’s discretion, refuse to make an appointment if the President does not concur with the advice tendered; and (b) the President must not appoint 2 members under clause (2)(c)(i), (ii) or (iii) unless at least one of them has for an aggregate period of 10 or more years been one or more of the following: (i) a qualified person within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Legal Profession Act 1966†; (ii) an officer in the Singapore Judicial Service; (iii) an officer in the Singapore Legal Service. [†Updated to be consistent with the 2020 Revised Edition] (4) Before assuming the duties of his or her office, an appointed member must take and subscribe before a Supreme Court Judge the appropriate Oath for the due execution of his or her office in the form set out in the First Schedule. [Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] Disqualification for appointment to Commission

Source record

Source and verification

Constitution of the Republic of Singapore · sso.agc.gov.sg · Retrieved 18 August 2026.

Check the upstream source for currency, amendments, and official formatting. The recorded status describes this source version.

Open upstream source

On this page

Provision textSource and verificationAll Singapore provisions

Continue researching

Search this constitutionBrowse global constitutions

About this LexChat collection

Public constitutional materials with source attribution and rights-aware access. Verify the official wording before relying on a provision. Report corrections to hello@esheria.ai.

Back to Singapore Constitution