Clause 29

A District Court shall have jurisdiction to try all actions in respect of the administration of the estate and effects within Singapore of a deceased person, and to enforce the due distribution thereof, where the estate and effects, exclusive of what the deceased was possessed of or entitled to as a trustee and not beneficially, as appearing by the affidavit filed with the Commissioner of Estate Duties, but without deducting anything on account of the debts due or owing from the deceased, do not exceed in value ten thousand dollars.