Page "Law of Singapore" Paragraph 34

By Proclamation No. 23 ( 1945 ), the Deputy Chief Civil Affairs Officer for the Singapore Division provided that every conviction of any offence by a tribunal established by the Japanese Military Administration was quashed, and any judgment convicting or purporting to convict any person or any offence was set aside.

Civil proceedings were dealt with by the Japanese Judgments and Civil Proceedings Ordinance 1946 ( No. 3 of 1946 ), which had the effect of permitting post-Occupation courts to review the decrees of Japanese tribunals and to confirm, modify or reverse them.