Singapore legislation

Clause 140

of Courts (Civil and Criminal Justice) Reform Bill

Clause 140

Amendment of Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018

The Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “leave” wherever it appears in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “permission”:Section 64(1)(c) to (f) and (8)(c) to (f)Section 65(1)(c) to (f)Section 70(2)Section 72K(1)(c) to (f)Section 72O(c) to (f)Section 95(1)(b), (c) and (d)Section 96(4)(c)(ii), (d)(ii), (e)(ii) and (f)(ii)Section 104(1)(b)Section 116(2)(a)Section 117(d)(i)Section 124(2)(a)Section 133(1)(a)Section 151(5)(d)Section 158(2)(a) and (b)Section 170(2)Section 184Section 223(2)Section 239(5)(d)Section 244(2)(c)Section 248(2)Section 260(1)Section 274(1)(f)Section 276(3)(a)(ii) and (b)(i) and (ii)Section 293(1)Section 323(1)Section 324(2)Section 327(1)(c)Section 338(5)Section 392(2)Section 400(1)Section 438(5)(a);

(b)

by deleting the words “commencement, continuation or levying of any execution, distress or other legal process” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “issuance, continuation or execution of any enforcement order or other legal process, or the levying of any distress,”:Section 64(1)(d)Section 65(1)(d)Section 72O(d);

(c)

by deleting the words “no execution, distress or other legal process may be commenced, continued or levied” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “no enforcement order or other legal process may be issued, continued or executed, and no distress may be levied,”:Section 64(8)(d)Section 72K(1)(d);

(d)

by deleting the words “no execution or other legal process, may be commenced or continued,” in the following provision and substituting the words “no enforcement order or other legal process may be issued, continued or executed,”:Section 95(1)(d);

(e)

by deleting the words “no execution or other legal process may be commenced or continued,” in the following provision and substituting the words “no enforcement order or other legal process may be issued, continued or executed,”:Section 96(4)(d);

(f)

by deleting the words “execution or other process issued on a judgment” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “an enforcement order or other process issued to enforce a judgment”;Section 125(2)(b)Section 246(2)(c);

(g)

by deleting the word “taxed” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “assessed”:Section 127(2)Section 296(1)(b)Section 352(1)(b)Section 421(2);

(h)

by deleting the word “execution” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “enforcement order”:Section 130(2)Section 170(1)Section 206(2)(a) and (c) and section headingSection 278(1) and (3)Section 293(4)(a) and (c)Section 325Section 367(2)(a) and (c) and section headingSection 368(2);

(i)

by deleting the words “has issued execution” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “has obtained an enforcement order”:Section 206(1)Section 293(3)Section 367(1);

(j)

by deleting the words “benefit of the execution” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “benefit of the enforcement order”:Section 206(1)Section 293(3)Section 367(1);

(k)

by inserting, immediately after the words “completed the execution” in the following provisions, the words “of the enforcement order”:Section 206(1)Section 293(3)Section 367(1);

(l)

by deleting the words “in execution” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “under or pursuant to an enforcement order”:Section 207(1)Section 368(1);

(m)

by inserting, immediately after the words “completion of the execution” in the following provisions, the words “of the enforcement order”:Section 207(1)Section 368(1);

(n)

by deleting the words “satisfaction of the execution” in the following provision and substituting the words “satisfaction of the enforcement order”:Section 207(1);

(o)

by inserting, immediately after the words “costs of the execution” in the following provisions, the words “of the enforcement order”:Section 207(1)(d) and (2)(a);

(p)

by deleting the words “execution creditor” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “enforcement creditor”:Section 207(2)(b)Section 250L(15)Section 368(4);

(q)

by deleting the words “in execution” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “under or pursuant to enforcement order”:Section 207 (section heading)Section 368 (section heading);

(r)

by deleting the words “execution or other legal process may be commenced or continued” in the following provision and substituting in each case the words “enforcement order or other legal process may be issued, continued or executed”:Section 276(3)(a)(ii) and (b)(ii);

(s)

by deleting the words “execution has been levied” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “enforcement order has been executed”:Section 206(1)(b)Section 293(3)(a)Section 367(1)(a);

(t)

by deleting the words “a writ of seizure and sale” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “an enforcement order for seizure and sale of property”:Section 293(4)(c)Section 367(2)(c)Section 368(3)Section 448(2)(j);

(u)

by deleting the words “the writ of seizure and sale” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “the enforcement order for seizure and sale of property”:Section 293(4)(c)Section 367(2)(c)Section 368(3)Section 448(2)(j);

(v)

by deleting the word “execution” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “an enforcement order”:Section 311(1)(d)Section 312(b)Section 338(3);

(w)

by deleting the words “incidental to the execution” in the following provision and substituting the words “incidental to the execution of the enforcement order”:Section 368(4);

(x)

by deleting the words “levying of any execution” in the following provision and substituting the words “execution of an enforcement order”:Section 409(2);

(y)

by deleting the word “taxation” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “assessment”:Section 421(3) and (4); and

(z)

by deleting the word “execution” in the following provision and substituting the word “enforcement”:Section 448(2)(k).

Clause 140 — Courts (Civil and Criminal Justice) Reform Bill