The Ministry of Law is a ministry

Ministry (government department)

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 of the Government of Singapore

Government of Singapore

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 responsible for ensuring that Singapore's legal infrastructure is clear, efficacious and transparent. It is currently led by Minister for Law K Shanmugam.

Mission

To ensure a sound and progressive legal infrastructure, intellectual property infrastructure and insolvency regime, and to optimise land resources, to support national goals.

Organisational structure

The Ministry of Law comprises

• Headquarters (HQ)
• Three departments (Insolvency and Public Trustee's Office, Legal Aid Bureau and Chief Information Officer's Office)
• Three boards and tribunals (Appeals Board for Land Acquisitions, Land Surveyors Board and Copyright Tribunal)
• Two statutory boards (Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
  Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
  The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore is a statutory board under the Singapore Ministry of Law of the Singapore Government.IPOS advises on and administers intellectual property laws, promotes IP awareness and provides the infrastructure to facilitate the development of IP in Singapore.-...
  
   and Singapore Land Authority
  Singapore Land Authority
  The Singapore Land Authority is a statutory board under the Ministry of Law of the Singapore Government.-History:...
  
  ).

Headquarters (HQ) is mainly made up of the policy divisions including Legal Policy Division, Legal Industry Division, Land Policy Division, Intellectual Property Policy Division and the Planning & Performance Division. HQ also includes the Community Mediation Unit with its Community Mediation Centres (CMCs)

Community Mediation Centre (Singapore)

The Community Mediation Centres in Singapore come under the purview of the Ministry of Law. The work of the CMCs is overseen by the Community Mediation Unit , a department set up within the Ministry of Law to run CMCs’ day to day operations as well as promote the use of mediation in...

 dispersed in the URA Centre East Wing, Woodlands Civic Centre and the Subordinate Courts of Singapore

Subordinate Courts of Singapore

The Subordinate Courts of Singapore is one of the two tiers of the court system in Singapore, the other tier being the Supreme Court. The Subordinate Courts comprise the District and Magistrate Courts—both of which oversee civil and criminal matters—as well as specialised family, juvenile,...

.

Ministers

The Minister for Law is an appointment in the Cabinet of Singapore

Cabinet of Singapore

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, responsible for heading the Ministry of Law.

Minister for Law	Start of Term	End of Term
Kenneth M. Byrne	1959	1963
Edmund William Barker	1 November 1964	12 September 1988
Shunmugam Jayakumar	12 September 1988	30 April 2008
K Shanmugam	1 May 2008	Incumbent

External links

• Singapore Government Directory Interactive — Ministry of Law