Singapore legislation
Clause 27
of Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Bill
Clause 27
Enforcement of adjudication determination as judgment debt, etc.
(1)
An adjudication determination made under this Act may, with leave of the court, be enforced in the same manner as a judgment or an order of the court to the same effect.
(2)
Where leave of the court is so granted, judgment may be entered in the terms of the adjudication determination.
(3)
An application for leave to enforce an adjudication determination may not be filed in court under this section unless it is accompanied by an affidavit by the applicant stating that the whole or part of the adjudicated amount has not been paid at the time the application is filed.
(4)
If the affidavit referred to in subsection (3) indicates that part of the adjudicated amount has been paid, the judgment shall be for the unpaid part of the adjudicated amount.
(5)
Where any party to an adjudication commences proceedings to set aside the adjudication determination or the judgment obtained pursuant to this section, he shall pay into the court as security the unpaid portion of the adjudicated amount that he is required to pay, in such manner as the court directs or as provided in the Rules of Court, pending the final determination of those proceedings.