Singapore legislation
Section 22
Section 22
Original civil jurisdiction of General Division of High Court exercisable through Family Division
(1)
The part of the civil jurisdiction of the General Division of the High Court which is exercised through the Family Division consists of —
the jurisdiction conferred on the General Division of the High Court by sections 17(1)(a), (d), (e) and (f) and 17A of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969; and
such other jurisdiction relating to family proceedings as is vested in or conferred on the General Division of the High Court by any written law.
(2)
To avoid doubt, the Family Division of the High Court has, when exercising any jurisdiction mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b), all the powers of the General Division of the High Court in the exercise of its original civil jurisdiction.