Singapore legislation
Clause 11
Clause 11
Amendment of section 4
Section 4 of the Civil Law Act is amended by inserting, immediately after subsection (10), the following subsections:“Interim relief in aid of foreign proceedings“(10A) Subject to subsections (10B), (10C) and (10D), a court has the power to grant interim relief in aid of proceedings in any civil or commercial matter (excluding proceedings arising out of any fiscal, monetary or revenue law or measure) which have been or are to be commenced outside Singapore, if it appears to the court to be just or convenient that such order should be made.(10B) An order under subsection (10A) may be made either unconditionally or upon such terms and conditions as the court thinks just.(10C) The court may refuse to make an order under subsection (10A) if —
in the opinion of the court, the fact that the court has no jurisdiction apart from subsection (10A) in relation to the subject matter of the proceedings in question makes it inappropriate for the court to make the order; or
the proceedings concerned are not capable of giving rise to a judgment which may be enforced in Singapore.(10D) In subsection (10A), “interim relief”, in relation to the court before which an application is brought, means interim relief of any kind which that court has power to grant in proceedings relating to matters within its jurisdiction, other than —
a warrant for the arrest of property; or
provision for obtaining evidence.”.