In the past few years, large groups of death row inmates have jointly filed applications to the court after all avenues of appeal and clemency have been exhausted. Read more here: https://str.sg/5gGq

The new Post-Appeal Applications in Capital Cases Act (Pacc Act) would require death row inmates to seek permission from the Court of Appeal before filing further applications to delay their executions after they have exhausted their appeals.

The law was passed by Parliament in 2022 and is expected to come into force within a few weeks, said Minister for Home Affairs K. Shanmugam in Parliament on May 8.

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