Clause 8

by inserting, immediately after the words “The Chief Justice” in subsection (2), the words “shall be the President of the Court of Appeal, and”;

by deleting the word “vice-presidents” in subsection (2) and substituting the word “Vice‑Presidents”; and

by deleting subsections (3) and (4) and substituting the following subsections:“(3) A Judge of the High Court, a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court or a Senior Judge of the Supreme Court may, if the Chief Justice so requires, sit in the Court of Appeal.(4) An International Judge of the Supreme Court may, if the Chief Justice so requires, sit in the Court of Appeal in an appeal from any judgment or order of the Singapore International Commercial Court.(5) A person sitting in the Court of Appeal in accordance with subsection (3) or (4) shall have all the jurisdiction, powers and privileges of a Judge of Appeal sitting in the Court of Appeal.(6) The person who presides over a sitting of the Court of Appeal shall be determined as follows:

where the Court of Appeal includes one or more Judges of the Supreme Court specified in section 4, the person shall be determined according to the order of precedence prescribed in that section;

where the Court of Appeal does not include any Judge of the Supreme Court specified in section 4, the Chief Justice shall appoint a person to preside.”.