Singapore legislation

Clause 12

of Small Claims Tribunals (Amendment) Bill

Clause 12

Amendment of section 26

Section 26 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “Where” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “Subject to subsection (1A), where”; (b)by inserting, immediately after the words “such claims” in subsection (1), the words “(called in this section the common group of claims)”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsection:“(1A) The aggregate value of the common group of claims must not exceed —

(a)

in the case where section 5(4) applies to any claim in the common group of claims, the prescribed extended limit; and

(b)

in any other case, the prescribed limit.”; and

(d)

by deleting the words “one or more of the claims” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “any claim in the common group of claims”.

Clause 12 — Small Claims Tribunals (Amendment) Bill