Singapore legislation
Section 29
Section 29
When party fails to appear
Amended by33/2018
If a party to the proceedings on a claim before a tribunal fails, without reasonable excuse, to attend (personally or by a representative permitted under section 23(2)) those proceedings, the tribunal may —
(a)
in the case where the absent party is the claimant —
(i)
dismiss the claim; or
(ii)
where the proceedings include a counterclaim by the respondent, hear, and make an order under section 35 on, the counterclaim; or
(b)
in the case where the absent party is the respondent — hear, and make an order under section 35 on, the claim and (where the proceedings include a counterclaim by the respondent) the counterclaim.