Singapore legislation

Clause 25

of Subordinate Courts Bill

Clause 25

Jurisdiction in actions for recovery of immovable property

Subject to section 26 of this Act, a District Court shall have jurisdiction to try any action for the recovery of immovable property, with or without a claim for rent or mesne profits, where the annual value of the property within the meaning of section 2 of the Property Tax Ordinance, 1960 (Ord. 72 of 1960), does not exceed five thousand dollars or the rent payable by the tenant does not exceed the sum of four thousand eight hundred dollars per annum or four hundred dollars per month.