Singapore legislation

Section 68

of State Courts Act 1970

Section 68

Protection of judicial and other officers

Amended by5/20145/201431/20105/2014

(1)

A judicial officer shall not be liable to be sued for any act done by the judicial officer in the discharge of his or her judicial duty whether or not within the limits of his or her jurisdiction, provided that the judicial officer at the time in good faith believed himself or herself to have jurisdiction to do or order the act complained of.

(2)

No officer of a State Court charged with the duty of executing any writ, summons, warrant, order, notice or other mandatory process of the State Courts shall be liable to be sued —

(a)

for the execution of or attempting to execute such writ, summons, warrant, order, notice or other mandatory process; or

(b)

in respect of any damage caused to any property in effecting or attempting to effect execution,unless the officer knowingly acted in excess of the authority conferred upon him or her by such writ, summons, warrant, order, notice or other mandatory process of the court in question.

Amended by5/2014

(3)

An officer of a State Court is not to be deemed to have acted knowingly in excess of his or her authority merely by reason of the existence of a dispute as to the ownership of any property seized under any writ or order of execution.

Amended by5/2014

(4)

No judicial officer, officer of a State Court or court‑appointed mediator shall be liable to be sued for an act done by him or her for the purposes of any mediation or other alternative dispute resolution process conducted by him or her in a State Court, if the act —

(a)

was done in good faith; and

(b)

did not involve any fraud or wilful misconduct on his or her part.

Amended by31/20105/2014
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