Singapore legislation
Clause 72
Clause 72
Consequential and related amendments to State Courts Act
The State Courts Act (Cap. 321, 2007 Ed.) is amended —
by deleting the definition of “District Court limit” in section 2 and substituting the following definition:“ “District Court limit” means $250,000 or such other amount as may be specified by an order under section 30;”;
by deleting paragraph (c) of section 3(1);
by deleting the words “or a Judge” in section 17(2) and substituting the words “, the Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts or a Judge or Judicial Commissioner”;
by inserting, immediately after subsection (3) of section 17, the following subsection:“(4) Where the oath is taken before the Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts, he shall —
enter in the record of the Family Justice Courts that the oath was duly administered and taken before him;
transmit a certified copy of the entry to the Registrar of the Supreme Court; and
transmit a certified copy of the entry to the Presiding Judge of the State Courts.”;
by inserting, immediately after the words “High Court,” in section 19(3)(c), the words “in a Family Court, in a Youth Court,”;
by deleting subsection (5) of section 19;
by deleting paragraph (a) of section 26;
by deleting paragraph (e) of section 26;
by repealing section 27;
by repealing section 55 and deleting the sub‑heading to Part IV immediately before that section; and
by inserting, immediately after the words “Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap. 322)” in section 62(7), the words “, or the list of touts under section 39 of the Family Justice Act 2014,”.