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It is a hearing by the High Court to review the decision or proceedings in a lower court.

SINGAPORE - Former transport minister S. Iswaran returned to the High Court on July 5 for a criminal revision application, followingIswaran currently faces 27 charges relating to hotel and property tycoon Ong Beng Seng, andBoth sets of charges involve more than $400,000 worth of items.in a bid to compel the prosecution to hand over conditioned statementsA conditioned statement is a written statement that can be used as evidence in court in certain scenarios.

The former minister currently faces 35 charges, of which 24 fall under Section 165 – making him the first in 153 years to face those charges. Some examples include cases where “the lower court imposes a sentence that exceeds what it can impose by law, or when the lower court should have rejected a plea of guilt but did not and went ahead to sentence the accused”, Prof Cheong said.

Criminal revision applications are also more commonly seen in cases where there is a need to review a plea of guilt, change of convictions, nature of sentences, or if new material facts have surfaced after a sentence has been meted out, according to Mr Rajan.3. Are applications for criminal revisions generally successful?

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