Singapore legislation

Clause 16

of Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment No. 2) Bill

Clause 16

Amendment of First Schedule

The First Schedule to the principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph 21, the following paragraph:“Late filing charge

22. Power, in any case where a person fails to file any document within the period (for the filing of that document) specified in any order or direction of a court, any Rules of Court or any practice directions issued by the Registrar, to require the person to pay a late filing charge, of such amount as may be prescribed in the Rules of Court, for each day, after the expiry of that period, that that document remains unfiled.”.