Singapore legislation

Clause 37

of Courts (Civil and Criminal Justice) Reform Bill

Clause 37

New sections 192 and 193

The Legal Profession Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 191, the following sections:“Interlocutory applications in certain proceedings

192. Despite anything in this Act, any interlocutory application in proceedings under this Act before a court of 3 Supreme Court Judges may be decided without hearing oral arguments.Rules for certain proceedings193.—

(1)

The Rules Committee may make rules regulating and prescribing the procedure and practice to be followed in proceedings under this Act before a court of 3 Supreme Court Judges, including —

(a)

the fees and deposits payable for any such proceedings; and

(b)

any matter incidental to or relating to the procedure and practice to be followed in any such proceedings.(2) In the absence of any rule dealing with any point of procedure or practice made under subsection (1), the Rules of Court may be followed as nearly as the circumstances permit.”.

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