Clause 21

after subsection (1), insert —“(1A) The Rules of Court made under this section may prescribe a different maximum amount that may be ordered to be paid under a claim, a different procedure or a different practice for each of the following classes of tribunals:

a tribunal presided over by a District Judge designated as a tribunal magistrate under section 9(5);

a tribunal presided over by a Magistrate designated as a tribunal magistrate under section 9(5);

a tribunal presided over by a tribunal magistrate appointed under section 9(1)(a).”;

in subsection (2)(r), replace the full‑stop at the end with a semi‑colon; and

in subsection (2), after paragraph (r), insert —“(s)the power of a tribunal to dismiss or stay proceedings where the matter in question is res judicata between the parties, or where, by reason of multiplicity of proceedings in any court or courts or by reason of a court in Singapore not being the appropriate forum, the proceedings ought not to be continued.”.