Singapore legislation
Regulation 8
of Criminal Procedure Code (Electronic Filing and Service for Supreme Court) Rules 2022
Regulation 8
Registered user and authorised user
Subregulation 1
Any entity may apply to the Registrar to be a registered user in accordance with any procedure required by the Registrar.
Subregulation 2
Any entity which is a registered user may designate one or more of its partners, directors, officers or employees to be an authorised user in accordance with any procedure required by the Registrar.
Subregulation 3
The Registrar may allow an entity to be a registered user or a person to be an authorised user on such terms and conditions as the Registrar thinks fit.
Subregulation 4
A person or entity who was deemed to have been registered as a registered user or designated as an authorised user (as the case may be) under regulation 8(4) of the Criminal Procedure Code (Electronic Filing and Service for Supreme Court) Regulations 2012 (G.N. No. S 669/2012) in force immediately before 1 April 2022, is deemed to have been registered as a registered user or designated as an authorised user (as the case may be) under this rule.
Subregulation 5
A registered user which designates an authorised user and supplies the authorised user’s identification code through the electronic filing service is deemed to approve the use of the identification code in conjunction with the electronic filing service by that authorised user.
Subregulation 6
Before using the electronic filing service, the registered user must —
enter into an agreement with the electronic filing service provider for the provision of the electronic filing service; and
make arrangements with the Registrar for the mode of payment of all applicable fees.
Subregulation 7
The Registrar may waive the application of paragraph (6), in whole or in part, in relation to such registered users or class of registered users as the Registrar deems fit.
Subregulation 8
For the purposes of these Rules —
an entity that is registered by the Registrar of the Supreme Court under Order 28, Rule 6(1) of the Rules of Court 2021 is deemed to be a registered user under paragraph (1) in the Supreme Court (including the Family Division of the High Court); and
a service bureau established under rule 7 is deemed to be a registered user in the Supreme Court (including the Family Division of the High Court), and every employee of a service bureau is deemed to be an authorised user.