Overview of Functions

As the Government Legal Adviser, a role undertaken by AGC’s Civil Division, it is responsible for:

Providing legal advice to the Ministries and Organs of State on a wide spectrum of issues such as:

• constitutional and administrative law
• public finance
• disciplinary inquiries of public officers
• land acquisition
• protection of young persons
• contract
• tort
• competition law
• public-private partnerships
• intellectual property law
• appeals to Ministers under legislation such as the Electricity Act, Broadcasting Act and Competition Act

Drafting and vetting contracts and legal documents such as:

• tender documents for Government procurement of goods and/or services
• lease agreements and licences
• loan agreements
• investment agreements
• IT contracts
• scholarship agreements

Representing the Government in international initiatives which have an impact on domestic law, such as:

• the UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law) Working Groups on Procurement and Transport Law
• ASEAN Single Window Working Group Meetings

Representing the Singapore Government in court proceedings instituted by or against the Government, and in negotiations and dispute resolution hearings relating to:

• public law litigation matters such as:
  • constitutional challenges
  • judicial review
  • exercise of regulatory powers
• private law civil litigation matters such as:
  • tort
  • contract
  • land
  • recovery of public moneys

Representing the Singapore Government in disciplinary inquiries against public officers.

Acting as the Protector of Charities.