Public Prosecutor

Business Information

Industry

Government — Criminal Prosecution

Parent Body

Attorney-General's Chambers

Website

www.agc.gov.sg

About Public Prosecutor

The Public Prosecutor appears in 217 reported judgments on sgcaselaw.com spanning January 2024 to May 2026 (10 January 2024 to 26 May 2026). Across these matters the Public Prosecutor is recorded as respondent in 134, appellant in 26, plaintiff in 23, and in prosecution or prosecutor roles in a further 24, with cases heard in the Singapore High Court (163), the Court of Appeal (52), and the District Court (2). The Public Prosecutor is the Attorney-General of Singapore, who under Article 35(8) of the Constitution has the power to institute, conduct, or discontinue any criminal proceedings, with the Attorney-General's Chambers handling criminal prosecutions on behalf of the State.

The dataset's catchword tags are concentrated in Criminal Procedure and Sentencing (224) and Criminal Law (209), followed by Evidence (13), Constitutional Law (7), and Road Traffic (6). The most frequently cited statutes across these judgments are the Penal Code (486 references), the Criminal Procedure Code (291), the Misuse of Drugs Act (98), the Evidence Act (79), and the Road Traffic Act (47). The judgments record 3,025 citations in total, of which 2,911 are Singapore citations and 114 foreign, and reference 1,411 statutes; the entity is cited by 86 other documents in the dataset.