Clause 18

The Family Justice Rules Committee constituted under section 46(1) of the Family Justice Act 2014 (Act 27 of 2014) may make Family Justice Rules regulating and prescribing the procedure and practice to be followed for the purposes of this Part and Part VII and any matters incidental to or relating to any such procedure or practice.(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), Family Justice Rules may be made for the following purposes:

prescribing the procedure for applications to the Family Court under this Part and Part VII, including the manner in which any such application is to be made and dealt with, and the provisions of any written law that will apply to any such application;

giving effect to sections 65 and 66 and, in particular, providing for the hearing without delay of any application for an order under section 65(5)(a);

prescribing how any document may be served on any person;

prescribing the procedure applicable to appeals from the Family Court brought under section 77;

prescribing the fees payable in relation to proceedings under this Part and Part VII.(3) The Family Justice Rules may, instead of providing for any matter under this Part or Part VII, refer to any provision made or to be made about the matter by practice directions issued for the time being by the registrar of the Family Justice Courts.(4) Unless the Family Justice Rules provide otherwise, an application to a Family Court under this Part or Part VII (called in this subsection the relevant application) —

must be made in the same manner as an application for a summons is made to a District Court or Magistrate’s Court under the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68); and

is to be dealt with —

as if the relevant application was a complaint for the purposes of that Code; but(ii)in accordance with only such provisions of that Code, and with such provisions of any other written law, as may be prescribed by the Family Justice Rules.(5) A court before which any application under this Part or Part VII is heard may make such order as to costs as it thinks fit.(6) All Family Justice Rules referred to in this section are to be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.”.