Singapore legislation
Clause 21
Clause 21
Jurisdiction in actions for recovery of money under any written law
(1)
A District Court shall have jurisdiction to try any action for the recovery of any penalty, expenses, contribution or other like demand which is recoverable under any written law, if —
(a)
it is not expressly provided by that or any other written law that the demand shall be recoverable only in some other court; and
(b)
the amount claimed in the action does not exceed five thousand dollars.
(2)
For the purposes of this section, the expression “penalty” shall not include a fine to which any person is liable on conviction.