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What are the three broad headings of judicial review of administrative action in Singapore?
What are the three broad headings of judicial review of administrative action in Singapore?
- Illegality, irrationality, procedural propriety
- Illegality, irrationality, procedural impropriety (correct)
- Legality, irrationality, procedural impropriety
- Illegality, rationality, procedural propriety
How can an administrative body or public authority avoid acting illegally?
How can an administrative body or public authority avoid acting illegally?
- By incorrectly understanding the law regulating its power to act and to make decisions
- By correctly understanding the law regulating its power to act and to make decisions (correct)
- By misunderstanding the law regulating its power to act and to make decisions
- By ignoring the law regulating its power to act and to make decisions
What happens if a public authority exceeds its jurisdiction or exercises its discretion wrongly?
What happens if a public authority exceeds its jurisdiction or exercises its discretion wrongly?
- The act or decision is validated
- The act or decision is promoted
- The act or decision is invalidated (correct)
- The act or decision is postponed
Under which sub-heading is a public authority considered to have acted illegally if there is no legal basis for the action carried out or the decision made?
Under which sub-heading is a public authority considered to have acted illegally if there is no legal basis for the action carried out or the decision made?
What does the High Court inquire into in the first case under the broad heading of illegality?
What does the High Court inquire into in the first case under the broad heading of illegality?
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