Singapore legislation
Section 29D
Section 29D
Power to transfer appeal to Court of Appeal
(1)
The Court of Appeal may transfer the following appeals to itself:
any appeal against any decision of the General Division that has been made to the Appellate Division;
where an order under section 39A of the Land Acquisition Act 1966 is in force, any appeal made to the Appellate Division under section 29(2) or 38(2) of the Land Acquisition Act 1966.
(2)
The power in subsection (1) may be exercised by the Court of Appeal —
on its own motion;
on a reference by the Appellate Division; or
on an application to the Court of Appeal by any party to the appeal, but such an application may only be made —
on the ground that the appeal was not made to the Appellate Division in accordance with section 29C; or
on grounds prescribed by the Rules of Court.
(3)
In deciding whether to exercise the power in subsection (1), the Court of Appeal is to have regard to matters prescribed by the Rules of Court.
(4)
To avoid doubt, Rules of Court made for the purpose of subsection (3) may prescribe different matters for the different circumstances mentioned in subsection (2)(a), (b) and (c).
(5)
To avoid doubt, an appeal may be transferred under subsection (1) even if it was made to the Appellate Division in accordance with section 29C(1).