Moad Fadzir Bin Mustaffa v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

Q: Which legislation does [2024] SGCA 20 consider?

The judgment refers to Criminal Procedure Code (Cap 68), High Court on the following respective capital charges under the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap 185), Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap 185), and Penal Code (Cap 224). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.

[2024] SGCA 20 Court of Appeal 21 May 2024 CA/CM 15/2024 21 min read

9 cases cited Cited by 1 case

Key facts

Court	Court of Appeal
Decided	21 May 2024
Judge	Tay Yong Kwang
Charges / claim	Criminal Procedure and Sentencing
Counsel	Attorney-General's Chambers, Ong Ying Ping Esq, Ong Ying Ping, Sarah Siaw, Wong Woon Kwong

Source: [2024] SGCA 20, Court of Appeal, decided 21 May 2024 — eLitigation. Updated 25 June 2026.

Catchwords

Criminal Procedure and Sentencing — Criminal review

Practice Areas

Criminal Procedure and Sentencing

Judges (1)

Tay Yong Kwang Delivered

Counsel (5)

Attorney-General's Chambers Firm Ong Ying Ping Esq Firm Ong Ying Ping Counsel Applicant Sarah Siaw Counsel Respondent Wong Woon Kwong Counsel Respondent

Parties (2)

Public Prosecutor Respondent Moad Fadzir bin Mustaffa Applicant

Case Significance

Moad Fadzir bin Mustaffa v Public Prosecutor [2024] SGCA 20 was decided by the Court of Appeal of Singapore on 21 May 2024 in Criminal Motion No 15 of 2024, with Tay Yong Kwang JCA sitting as a single Judge in the Court of Appeal after hearings on 19 April and 10 May 2024. Mr Moad Fadzir bin Mustaffa filed CA/CM 15/2024 on 19 April 2024 under s 394H of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 (2020 Rev Ed) for permission to make a review application to the Court of Appeal under s 394I, seeking to review an earlier Court of Appeal decision in Moad Fadzir bin Mustaffa v Public Prosecutor and other appeals [2019] SGCA 73 (the first CA Judgment) delivered on 25 November 2019. This was the applicant's second permission application in respect of the first CA Judgment; an earlier application in CA/CM 29/2020, filed on 22 September 2020, had been dismissed summarily on 12 October 2020 in [2020] SGCA 97. Under s 394H(6)(a) of the CPC, such applications where the appellate court was the Court of Appeal are heard by a single Judge sitting in the Court of Appeal.

[2024] SGCA 20 explained

Moad Fadzir Bin Mustaffa v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ([2024] SGCA 20) is a Singapore judgment decided by the Court of Appeal on 21 May 2024. It is categorised under Criminal Procedure and Sentencing. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 1 other reported Singapore judgment, a measure of how often later decisions have referred to it. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.

What is [2024] SGCA 20 about?

Moad Fadzir Bin Mustaffa v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ([2024] SGCA 20) is a Court of Appeal decision from 2024. Its published catchwords are “Criminal Procedure and Sentencing — Criminal review”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

Which legislation does [2024] SGCA 20 consider?

The judgment refers to Criminal Procedure Code (Cap 68), High Court on the following respective capital charges under the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap 185), Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap 185), and Penal Code (Cap 224). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.

What earlier Singapore cases does [2024] SGCA 20 cite?

Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2024] SGCA 18. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.

How influential is [2024] SGCA 20?

Within this corpus, [2024] SGCA 20 has been cited by 1 later reported Singapore judgment. That count reflects references from other decisions held in this corpus only and is a conservative lower bound on how often the case has actually been cited.

What was Moad Fadzir bin Mustaffa v Public Prosecutor [2024] SGCA 20 about?

Decided on 21 May 2024 by Tay Yong Kwang JCA, the case was an application in Criminal Motion No 15 of 2024 under s 394H of the Criminal Procedure Code for permission to make a criminal review of the earlier Court of Appeal decision in [2019] SGCA 73.

Was this the applicant's first review application in [2024] SGCA 20?

No. CA/CM 15/2024, filed on 19 April 2024, was the applicant's second permission application regarding the first CA Judgment ([2019] SGCA 73). An earlier application, CA/CM 29/2020 filed on 22 September 2020, was dismissed summarily on 12 October 2020 in [2020] SGCA 97.