Soh Chee Wen v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

[2026] SGCA 13 Court of Appeal 18 March 2026 CA/CCA 40/2022 · CA/CCA 41/2022 57 min read
24 cases cited Cited by 1 case

Key facts

Court Court of Appeal
Decided
Judges Andrew Phang Boon Leong, Sundaresh Menon, Tay Yong Kwang
Charges / claim Criminal Procedure and Sentencing
Counsel Attorney-General's Chambers, David Nayar and Associates, Sreenivasan Chambers LLC, Jiang Ke-Yue, Lim Wei Liang Jason, Louis Ngia Jin Liang, Narayanan Sreenivasan, Ng Jean Ting, Regina Lim Siew Mei, Sivananthan Nithyanantham, Yee Jia Rong

Source: [2026] SGCA 13, Court of Appeal, decided — eLitigation. Updated .

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[2026] SGCA 13 explained

Soh Chee Wen v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ([2026] SGCA 13) is a Singapore judgment decided by the Court of Appeal on 18 March 2026. 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 [2026] SGCA 13 about?

Soh Chee Wen v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ([2026] SGCA 13) is a Court of Appeal decision from 2026. Its published catchwords are “Criminal Procedure and Sentencing — Sentencing — Perverting the course of justice”, “Criminal Procedure and Sentencing — Sentencing — Principles — Totality principle”, “Criminal Procedure and Sentencing — Sentencing — Principles — One-transaction rule”, and “Criminal Procedure and Sentencing — Sentencing — Principles — Rule against double counting”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

Which legislation does [2026] SGCA 13 consider?

The judgment refers to Companies Act (Cap 50), Criminal Procedure Code (Cap 68), Penal Code (Cap 224), and Securities Industry Act (Cap 289), among other provisions. The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.

What earlier Singapore cases does [2026] SGCA 13 cite?

Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2026] SGHC 5. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.

How influential is [2026] SGCA 13?

Within this corpus, [2026] SGCA 13 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.

Statutes Cited

Cases Cited (24)

SG (4)
[2017] SGDC 11 [2019] SGDC 48 [2023] SGHC 299 [2026] SGHC 5
SLR (20)
[2007] 1 SLR(R) 913 [2007] 2 SLR(R) 334 [2007] 2 SLR(R) 814 [2008] 2 SLR(R) 1082 [2010] 1 SLR 874 [2014] 1 SLR 756 [2014] 2 SLR 998 [2015] 5 SLR 167 [2016] 4 SLR 1288 [2018] 4 SLR 1315 [2018] 5 SLR 799 [2019] 3 SLR 606 [2019] 4 SLR 838 [2020] 2 SLR 970 [2021] 2 SLR 377 [2021] 2 SLR 847 [2022] 3 SLR 1067 [2023] 5 SLR 1646 [2025] 2 SLR 176 [2025] 4 SLR 1386

Cited By (1)

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Source: eLitigation ([2026] SGCA 13)