Singapore legislation

Section 17

of Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969

Section 17

Civil jurisdiction — specific

Amended by1/201740/20194/20204/2020

(1)

Without limiting section 16, the civil jurisdiction of the General Division includes —

(a)

jurisdiction under any written law relating to divorce and matrimonial causes;

(b)

jurisdiction under any written law relating to matters of admiralty;

(c)

jurisdiction under any written law relating to bankruptcy or to companies;

(d)

jurisdiction to appoint and control guardians of infants and generally over the persons and property of infants;

(e)

jurisdiction to appoint and control guardians and keepers of the persons and estates of idiots, mentally disordered persons and persons of unsound mind; (f)jurisdiction to grant probates of wills and testaments, letters of administration of the estates of deceased persons and to alter or revoke such grants;

(g)

jurisdiction under the Mediation Act 2017 to record a mediated settlement agreement made in a mediation, in relation to a dispute for which no proceedings have been commenced in a court, as an order of court; and

(h)

jurisdiction under the Singapore Convention on Mediation Act 2020 to grant the applications provided for in that Act in respect of international settlement agreements.

Amended by1/201740/20194/2020

(2)

In this section —

Amended by4/2020

Definition

“international settlement agreement” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Singapore Convention on Mediation Act 2020;

Definition

“mediated settlement agreement” and “mediation” have the meanings given by the Mediation Act 2017.

Amended by4/2020
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