Singapore legislation

Clause 48

of Family Justice Bill

Clause 48

Consequential and related amendments to Interpretation Act

Section 2(1) of the Interpretation Act (Cap. 1, 2002 Ed.) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “export”, the following definitions:“ “Family Court” means a Family Court constituted under section 5 of the Family Justice Act 2014;“Family Justice Rules” means the Family Justice Rules made under the Family Justice Act 2014 and any other written law by the Family Justice Rules Committee constituted under section 46(1) of that Act;”;

(b)

by deleting the definition of “Rules of Court” and substituting the following definition:“ “Rules of Court” means the Rules of Court made under the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap. 322) and any other written law by the Rules Committee constituted under section 80(3) of that Act;”; and

(c)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “year” and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:“ “Youth Court” means a Youth Court constituted under section 5 of the Family Justice Act 2014.”.