Singapore legislation

Section 6

of Small Claims Tribunals Act 1984

Section 6

Exclusion of other jurisdictions

(1)

Where a claim has been lodged with a tribunal, no proceedings relating to that claim may be brought before any other court except —

(a)

where the proceedings before that court were commenced before the claim was lodged with the tribunal; or

(b)

where the claim before the tribunal has been withdrawn or abandoned.

(2)

No claim may be brought before a tribunal if proceedings relating to that claim are pending in or have been heard and determined by any other court.

(3)

For the purposes of this section, a claim is deemed to have been lodged with a tribunal when section 15 has been complied with.