Singapore legislation
Clause 19
Clause 19
Amendment of section 80
Section 80 of the principal Act is amended —
by deleting the words “the High Court” in subsections (1) and (2)(a) and (f) and substituting in each case the words “the General Division, the Appellate Division”;
by deleting the words “a Judge in court or in chambers” in subsection (2)(b) and substituting the words “a Judge sitting in the General Division (whether in court or in chambers)”;
by deleting the words “the High Court or the Court of Appeal” in subsection (2)(d) and substituting the words “the General Division, the Appellate Division or the Court of Appeal”;
by deleting the words “to the High Court or from the High Court” in subsection (2)(d) and substituting the words “to the General Division or from the General Division”;
by deleting the words “appeals from the High Court to the Court of Appeal” in subsection (2)(e) and substituting the words “appeals from the General Division to the Appellate Division or the Court of Appeal, appeals from the Appellate Division to the Court of Appeal, the reference of any appeal by the Appellate Division to the Court of Appeal and the transfer of appeals between the Appellate Division and the Court of Appeal”;
by inserting, immediately after paragraph (e) of subsection (2), the following paragraph:“(ea)prescribing what powers in sections 40(1) and 58(1) may be exercised by the Registrar, the Deputy Registrar or an Assistant Registrar (including provisions for the variation or discharge of any direction or order of the Registrar, the Deputy Registrar or an Assistant Registrar by a single Judge and for the finality of such variation or discharge);”;
by deleting the words “High Court” in subsection (2)(g)(i), (ii) and (iii) and substituting in each case the words “General Division”;
by deleting the full‑stop at the end of paragraph (p) of subsection (2) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(q)prescribing anything that is required or permitted under this Act to be prescribed by the Rules of Court.”; and
by deleting the words “Judges of the Supreme Court” in subsection (3)(c) and substituting the words “Supreme Court Judges”.