Singapore legislation

Clause 4

Amendment of section 19

Section 19 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsections:“(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a District Court shall have the civil jurisdiction conferred by the following sections of this Part.(3) A District Court shall have the jurisdiction in sections 20, 21, 25, 26 and 31 where —

(a)

the defendant is served with a writ or other originating process —

(i)

in Singapore in the manner prescribed by Rules of Court; or

(ii)

outside Singapore in the circumstances authorised by and in the manner prescribed by Rules of Court; or

(b)

the defendant submits to the jurisdiction of a District Court.(4) A District Court’s jurisdiction conferred by the following sections of this Part shall not include —

(a)

any jurisdiction to hear and try any civil proceeding which comes within the jurisdiction of the Syariah Court constituted under the Administration of Muslim Law Act [Cap. 3]; and

(b)

any jurisdiction expressly excluded by any other written law.(5) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), a District Court shall have such jurisdiction as is vested in it by any other written law.”.

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