Singapore legislation
Clause 13
Clause 13
Designation of judges of Family Courts
(1)
A Family Court shall be presided over by a District Judge, or a Magistrate, who is designated by the Chief Justice as a judge of the Family Court.
(2)
A person shall be designated as a judge of the Family Court for such period as the Chief Justice may determine.
(3)
Any person designated as a judge of the Family Court shall, although the period of his designation as such has expired or his designation as such has been revoked, in relation to any case heard by him as a judge of a Family Court, continue to sit as such a judge for the purpose of giving judgment or otherwise.