Singapore legislation
Regulation 29
Regulation 29
Power of Compensation Board to state special case for decision of General Division of High Court
Subregulation 1
A Compensation Board may, at any stage of any proceedings before it, reserve for the consideration of the General Division of the High Court any question of law arising in the proceedings in the form of a special case which shall —
be drawn up by the president or deputy president of the Compensation Board and shall set out briefly the facts on which the law is to be applied and the question or questions of law to be determined; (b)be sent by the president or deputy president of the Compensation Board to the Registrar of the Supreme Court; and (c)be set down for argument in such manner as the General Division of the High Court directs.
Subregulation 2
The General Division of the High Court shall hear and determine the question or questions of law arising on the special case and shall thereupon remit the matter to the president or deputy president of the Compensation Board with the opinion of the General Division of the High Court thereon and that opinion shall be binding on the Compensation Board.
Subregulation 3
The costs of the proceedings in the General Division of the High Court shall be at the discretion of the General Division of the High Court and may be dealt with by the order of the General Division of the High Court, except that no member of the Compensation Board shall be personally liable to any costs in respect thereof.
Subregulation 4
Nothing in this regulation shall be construed to prevent a Compensation Board from determining any question of law arising in any proceedings before it.