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Singapore Act 1966
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
Territorial extent  Singapore
United Kingdom
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Text of statute as originally enacted

The Singapore Act 1966 (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.

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