Singapore legislation
Section 17
Section 17
Civil jurisdiction — specific
(1)
Without limiting section 16, the civil jurisdiction of the General Division includes —
jurisdiction under any written law relating to divorce and matrimonial causes;
jurisdiction under any written law relating to matters of admiralty;
jurisdiction under any written law relating to bankruptcy or to companies;
jurisdiction to appoint and control guardians of infants and generally over the persons and property of infants;
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;
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
jurisdiction under the Singapore Convention on Mediation Act 2020 to grant the applications provided for in that Act in respect of international settlement agreements.
(2)
In this section —
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.