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Judicial power in Singapore is vested in the Supreme Court as well as surbodinate courts by the constitution. The Supreme Court consists of the Court of Appeal and the High Court . The Court of Appeal exercises Appellate criminal and civil jurisdiction, while the High Court exercises both original and appellate criminal and civil jurisdiction . The chief justice, judges of appeal and high court judges are appointed by the president from candidates recommended by the prime minister. The prime minister must consult with the chief justice before recommending the judges. The current chief justice is Yong Pung How . Jury Trial s were abolished in 1969 and the Criminal Procedure Code was amended in 1992 to allow for trials of capital offences to be heard before a single judge . The Court of Appeal is Singapore's final court of appeal after the right of appeal to the Judicial Committee Of The Privy Council in London was abolished in April 1994. The president has the right to grant Pardons on the advice of the cabinet . Singapore practices the Common Law legal system, where the decisions of higher courts constitute binding Precedent upon courts of equal or lower status within their jurisdiction, as opposed to the Civil Law legal system in the continental Europe. The current criminal code was preceded by the Indian Penal Code which was adopted when Singapore was a Crown Colony , and some archaic laws still remain unchanged after independence, such as anal sex, oral sex and homosexual acts between men (see Section 377 Of The Singapore Penal Code ). Critics have said that although the judicial system provides citizens with an efficient judicial process, the judiciary is largely compliant and the government often use defamation suits or the threat of such actions to discourage public criticism and intimidate the press . REFERENCES |
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