Singapore legislation

Section 334

of Criminal Procedure Code

Section 334

Special powers of Registrar in absence of a Judge

(1)

Whenever there is no Judge of the High Court present in Singapore in the execution of the duties of his office, and for the purpose of this section a Judge shall be deemed to be absent when illness prevents him from attending to his duties, the Registrar may, in urgent cases, make any of the orders mentioned in sections 328 and 332.

(2)

Any orders made under this section may be appealed against in the manner prescribed for appeals against orders of a Registrar under the Rules of Court made under the Supreme Court of Judicature Act [Cap. 322] or any corresponding previous written law. [333