Singapore legislation

Clause 69

of Courts (Civil and Criminal Justice) Reform Bill

Clause 69

Amendment of section 80

Section 80 of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the full‑stop at the end of paragraph (q) of subsection (2) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(r)prescribing the fees and deposits payable for proceedings in the General Division, the Appellate Division and the Court of Appeal.”;

(b)

by deleting paragraph (c) of subsection (2A) and substituting the following paragraph:“(c)to prescribe, for the purposes of section 18D(2) —

(i)

what constitutes an international commercial arbitration, and any conditions that any proceedings must satisfy before that Court may hear those proceedings; and

(ii)

what constitutes a corporate insolvency, restructuring or dissolution under the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018, or under the Companies Act as in force immediately before 30 July 2020, that is international and commercial in nature, and any conditions that any proceedings must satisfy before that Court may hear those proceedings;”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (c) of subsection (2A), the following paragraphs:“(ca)to prescribe, for the purposes of section 18D(3)(b), any conditions that a counterclaim must satisfy before that Court can hear and try the counterclaim;

(cb)to prescribe, for the purposes of section 18D(3)(c), any requirements for the issue of proceedings against a third party;

(cc)

to prescribe, for the purposes of section 18D(3)(d), any requirements for the issue of proceedings against a subsequent party.”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2A), the following subsection:“(2B) The Rules of Court may, instead of providing for any matter, refer to any provision made or to be made for that matter by practice directions issued for the time being by the Registrar.”.