Choice of Court Agreements Act 2016 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Jurisdiction
11. Jurisdiction of Singapore chosen court
Feedback & supportA Singapore court, designated in an exclusive choice of court agreement for the purposes of deciding a dispute, has jurisdiction to decide the dispute, unless the agreement is null and void under the law of Singapore.
law of Singapore
“law of Singapore” means any written law or any rule of law that applies in Singapore;
A Singapore court that has jurisdiction under subsection (1) cannot decline to exercise jurisdiction on the ground that the dispute should be decided in a court of another State.
Despite subsections (1) and (2), a Singapore court may decline to exercise jurisdiction in any other circumstances that the Minister may prescribe by regulations made under section 22.
Subsections (1) and (2) do not affect any written law that —
restricts the subject matter or value of a claim that a Singapore court has jurisdiction to decide; or
allocates jurisdiction to different courts in Singapore.
Where a chosen court in Singapore has a discretion whether to transfer to another Singapore court a case to which an exclusive choice of court agreement applies, the chosen court must, before exercising that discretion, take into account the parties’ choice of court.
chosen court
“chosen court” means a court, of a Contracting State, designated in an exclusive choice of court agreement;