Singapore legislation

Clause 4

of Small Claims Tribunals (Amendment) Bill

Clause 4

Amendment of section 5

Section 5 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a tribunal has the jurisdiction to hear and determine any claim which —

(a)

is a specified claim; and

(b)

is served in Singapore on the respondent under section 19(1).”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately before the word “which” in subsection (3)(a), the words “the value of”;

(c)

by deleting the words “one year from” in subsection (3)(b) and substituting the words “2 years after”; (d)by deleting the words “$20,000 or such other sum as the Minister may, after consultation with the Chief Justice, by order published in the Gazette, substitute therefor” in subsection (4) and substituting the words “the prescribed extended limit”; and

(e)

by deleting subsection (6).