Singapore legislation

Clause 13

of Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Bill

Clause 13

Amendment of section 80

Section 80 of the principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(2A) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), Rules of Court may be made in relation to the Singapore International Commercial Court for the following purposes:

(a)

to provide for different procedures and practices to be followed in respect of proceedings in that Court and in appeals from that Court;

(b)

to prescribe, for the purposes of section 18D, what constitutes an action of an international and commercial nature, and any other conditions that an action must satisfy before that Court may hear and try the action;

(c)

to prescribe, for the purposes of section 18E, the matters which can be certified under that section, the conditions to be satisfied before an application can be made under that section, the procedure to be followed in such an application, and the circumstances in which the certified matters are conclusive;

(d)

to prescribe, for the purposes of section 18J, the conditions to be satisfied before an action can be transferred to or from that Court, and to provide for the making of, and other matters related to, any consequential order referred to in section 18J(3)(b);

(e)

to prescribe, for the purposes of section 18K, the cases in which and the extent to which that Court is not bound to apply any rule of evidence under Singapore law, and the rules of evidence (if any) to be applied in those cases;

(f)

to prescribe, for the purposes of section 18L, any conditions to be satisfied before an order can be made under section 18L(1), and the matters which that Court may have regard to in determining any question of foreign law on the basis of submissions;

(g)

to prescribe, for the purposes of section 18M, any conditions to be satisfied before a party can be represented by a foreign lawyer in that Court or in an appeal from that Court;

(h)

to prescribe the circumstances where that Court may make a judgment or an order without hearing oral arguments;

(i)

to declare to be final, for the purposes of section 34(1)(e), any judgment or order of that Court (not being a judgment or an order that finally disposes of an action on its merits);

(j)

to prescribe the fees and deposits payable for proceedings in that Court and in appeals from that Court;

(k)

to provide for the Registrar to decline to administer, or decline to continue administering, a case in that Court or an appeal from that Court if any fee or deposit referred to in paragraph (j) is not paid.”.

Clause 13 — Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Bill