What We Do
The Ministry of Law plays the following key roles:
- To formulate and review legal, intellectual property, land, insolvency, public trustee, moneylending, pawnbroking, legal aid and community mediation policies, as well as legislation and strategies under MinLaw's purview;
- To provide legal and policy input for other Ministries' proposed Bills and programmes; and
- To develop the legal services, alternative dispute resolution and intellectual property sectors.
The Ministry of Law also comprises these Departments, Statutory Boards and Agency:
- Community Mediation Centre
- Insolvency & Public Trustee’s Office
- Legal Aid Bureau
- Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
- Singapore Land Authority
- Land Surveyors Board