Singapore legislation
Clause 45
Clause 45
Protection of judicial and other officers
(1)
A judicial officer shall not be liable to be sued for any act done by him in the discharge of his judicial duty whether or not within the limits of his jurisdiction, provided that he at the time in good faith believed himself to have jurisdiction to do or order the act complained of.
(2)
No officer of the Family Justice Courts charged with the duty of executing any writ, summons, warrant, order, notice or other mandatory process of the court shall be liable to be sued for the execution of or attempting to execute such writ, summons, warrant, order, notice or other mandatory process, or in respect of any damage caused to any property in effecting or attempting to effect execution, unless he knowingly acted in excess of the authority conferred upon him by such writ, summons, warrant, order, notice or other mandatory process of the court.
(3)
An officer of the Family Justice Courts shall not be deemed to have acted knowingly in excess of his authority merely by reason of the existence of a dispute as to the ownership of any property seized under any writ or order of execution.
(4)
No judicial officer, officer of the Family Justice Courts or court-appointed mediator shall be liable to be sued for an act done by him for the purposes of any court proceedings, or any mediation or other alternative dispute resolution process conducted by him, in the Family Division of the High Court, a Family Court or a Youth Court, if the act —
was done in good faith; and
did not involve any fraud or wilful misconduct on his part.