Regulation 5

Where under the provisions of any written law in force in Malaysia corresponding to the Act the Director-General of Labour of Malaysia or any officer empowered to do so has made an order for the payment of a sum of money by a person who is or is believed to be in Singapore and a certified copy thereof has been transmitted to the registrar of the State Courts in Singapore for registration, a District Court shall on receipt thereof register the order in the manner prescribed in regulation 6 and from the date of the registration the order shall be of the same force and effect.

All proceedings may be taken on the order as if it had been an order originally obtained in a District Court and that Court shall have power to enforce it accordingly.