Singapore has a written constitution. The text of the Singapore Constitution which took effect from 9 August 1965 was a patchwork of provisions drawn from three statutes: the Constitution of the State of Singapore 1963,Constitution of the State of Singapore 1963 in the Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore (State Constitutions) Order in Council 1963 (S.I. 1963 No. 1493, UK; reprinted as Gazette Notification (G.N.) Sp. No. S 1/1963), which was enacted under the Malaysia Act 1963 (1963 c. 35, UK), s. 4. the Federal Constitution of MalaysiaOriginally the Federal Constitution Ordinance 1957 (No. 55 of 1957, Malaysia), and now the , archived from the original on 1 December 2012. made applicable to Singapore by the Republic of Singapore Independence Act 1965, ("RSIA"), s. 6. and the Republic of Singapore Independence Act itself. These provided the newly independent nation with a working constitution at short notice..
