Singapore legislation

Clause 48

of Courts (Civil and Criminal Justice) Reform Bill

Clause 48

New section 54AA

The State Courts Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 54, the following section:“Agreement not to appeal54AA.—

(1)

An appeal cannot be brought against a decision of a Magistrate’s Court exercising civil jurisdiction, where the parties have agreed in writing signed by or on behalf of each party that the decision is final, unless the party seeking to appeal proves that —

(a)

the decision is affected by fraud or illegality; or

(b)

there was a fundamental breach of the rules of natural justice in the proceedings resulting in the decision.(2) An agreement mentioned in subsection (1) —

(a)

may be made before or after the decision to which the agreement relates is made; and

(b)

may relate to part of a decision, in which case references in subsection (1) to a decision are to be read as references to that part of the decision.”.

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