Singapore legislation

Clause 7

Amendment of section 27

In the Family Justice Act, in section 27 —

(a)

in subsections (1) and (3), delete “or, prior to their enactment, the Rules of Court”; and

(b)

replace subsection (2) with —“(2) The remuneration of any assessor for sitting under this section is to be —

(a)

fixed by the agreement of all the parties to the dispute and the assessor or, failing such agreement, by the Family Court; and

(b)

treated as costs in the proceedings unless the Family Court orders otherwise.”.