Short Title: | Singapore Act 1966 |
Type: | Act |
Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Long Title: | Act to make provision in connection with the establishment of Singapore as an independent sovereign state within the Commonwealth. |
Year: | 1966 |
Statute Book Chapter: | 1966 c. 29 |
Territorial Extent: | Singapore United Kingdom |
Royal Assent: | 9 August 1966 |
Status: | Current |
Original Text: | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1966/29/pdfs/ukpga_19660029_en.pdf |
The Singapore Act 1966 (c. 29) was an Act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom that admitted Singapore as a sovereign state into the Commonwealth of Nations with retroactive effect from 9 August 1965, being the date on which Singapore became a sovereign state within the Commonwealth.