Singapore legislation

Section 23

of Employment Claims Act 2016

Section 23

Appeal to General Division of High Court

Amended by40/201940/2019

(1)

Any party to proceedings before a tribunal may appeal to the General Division of the High Court against an order made by the tribunal under section 22(1) —

(a)

on any ground involving a question of law; or

(b)

on the ground that the claim was outside the jurisdiction of the tribunal.

Amended by40/2019

(2)

An appeal lies to the General Division of the High Court under this section only if leave to appeal is given by a District Court.

Amended by40/2019

(3)

Where the only reason for appealing against an order made by a tribunal under section 22(1) is to rectify anything mentioned in section 22(10)(a) to (d), a District Court may, instead of giving leave to appeal —

(a)

extend the time under section 22(10) for the correction of the order; and

(b)

remit the matter to a tribunal for the correction of the order in accordance with section 22(10) and (11) (except to the extent that the time under section 22(10) may have been extended).

(4)

Each of the following is final and is not subject to any appeal:

(a)

any order of a District Court giving or refusing leave under subsection (2);

(b)

any order of a District Court extending or refusing to extend under subsection (3)(a) the time under section 22(10) for the correction of an order made by a tribunal;

(c)

any order of a District Court remitting or refusing to remit under subsection (3)(b) a matter to a tribunal.

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