Singapore legislation

Clause 5

of Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Bill

Clause 5

Repeal and re-enactment of section 9

Section 9 of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:“Constitution of High Court9.—

(1)

The High Court shall consist of —

(a)

the Chief Justice; and

(b)

the Judges of the High Court.(2) A Judge of Appeal may, if the Chief Justice so requires, sit in the High Court.(3) A Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed for a specified period may sit in the High Court to hear and determine any case or such classes of cases as the Chief Justice may specify.(4) The Chief Justice may, from time to time —

(a)

require a Senior Judge of the Supreme Court appointed for a specified period to sit in the High Court to hear and determine any case or such classes of cases as the Chief Justice may specify; and

(b)

require an International Judge of the Supreme Court appointed for a specified period to sit in the Singapore International Commercial Court to hear and determine any case in that Court or such classes of cases in that Court as the Chief Justice may specify.(5) A person sitting in the High Court in accordance with subsection (2), (3) or (4), or to hear and determine a case that he was specifically appointed to hear and determine, shall have all the jurisdiction, powers and privileges of a Judge of the High Court sitting in the High Court or in the Singapore International Commercial Court, as the case may be.”.

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