Law and Policy Database

The Securities and Regulation Code (SRC) declares the State's policy to promote a self-regulating free market. The SRC is the regulatory framework to safeguard and ensure transparency in the issuance of securities for the protection of the investing public.

The Act penalizes hijacking and implements Brunei Darussalam's obligations as a party to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, and the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation.

The Act provided the laws to implement and give effect to Singapore's obligation under the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction.

The Act prohibited child abuse and established measures for its prevention, as well as the protection of children who are victims of child abuse.

Appellant challenges the sentence imposed on him for escaping from lawful custody. The sentence includes imprisonment as well as reduced food rations for two weeks. The court held that food is a basic necessity for daily sustenance and to reduce prison rations as a form of punishment is a concept that is offensive in principle.

The petition was filed in connection with a proposed mineral investment agreement between the government and a private company. Residents, owners and cultivators of the area allege that their fundamental rights to equal protection, freedom of occupation and freedom of movement will be infringed if the project continues. The court ruled in favor of the petitioners.

The Order provided the regulatory framework which shall govern the protection of copyrights.

The Cartagena Protocol focuses on the transboundary movement of organisms, aiming to secure the safe transfer, handling and utilization of living modified organisms produced from modern biotechnology that may adversely affect the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. The parties to the Protocol are obliged to establish and maintain appropriate mechanisms, measures and strategies to regulate, manage and control risks identified in the risk assessment provision of the Protocol.

Respondent was indicted in the United States for multiple charges. The Note Verbale issued by the United States District Court, a request for extradition and other supporting documents, was received by the Philippines' Department of Justice. Respondent requested for copies of these documents which was denied by the Philippines' Secretary of Justice. The denial was based on the Extradition Treaty between the Philippines and United States which provides that it is only after the filing of the petition for extradition when the person sought to be extradited will be furnished by the court with copies of the petition, request and extradition documents.

The Act provides substantive and remedial measures for the protection of the domestic enterprise against unfair competition and trade practices.