Singapore Act 1966

Singapore Act 1966

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..
Citation	1966 Chapter 29
Dates
Royal Assent	9 August 1966
Other legislation
Relates to	British Nationality Act 1981 British Overseas Territories Act 2002
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted

Singapore Act 1966 (1966 C 29)

The Singapore Act 1966 (1966 c. 29) was an Act of 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 an sovereign state separate from and independent of Malaysia within the Commonwealth.

As a result of the Act, Singapore became the third former colony of the United Kingdom^[1] in Southeast Asia achieving full independence.

See also

• Malaysia Agreement was signed on 9 July 1963 at London
• Hansard of the Malaysia Bill
• Independence of Singapore Agreement 1965
• British Nationality Act 1981
• British Overseas Territories Act 2002

References

1. Choosing English as working language ensured S'pore's survival: Lee Kuan Yew

• The UK Statute Law Database: Singapore Act 1966 (1966 C 29)
• Chronological table of the statutes; HMSO, London. 1993. ISBN 0-11-840331-1

External links

• Kuan Yew, Lee (1998). The Singapore story: memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew. Prentice-Hall. p. 680. ISBN 9780130208033.