Singapore legislation

Clause 14

of Small Claims Tribunals (Amendment) Bill

Clause 14

Repeal and re-enactment of section 29

Section 29 of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:“When party fails to appear

29. If a party to the proceedings on a claim before a tribunal fails, without reasonable excuse, to attend (personally or by a representative permitted under section 23(2)) those proceedings, the tribunal may —

(a)

in the case where the absent party is the claimant —

(i)

dismiss the claim; or

(ii)

where the proceedings include a counterclaim by the respondent, hear, and make an order under section 35 on, the counterclaim; or

(b)

in the case where the absent party is the respondent, hear, and make an order under section 35 on, the claim and (where the proceedings include a counterclaim by the respondent) the counterclaim.”.

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