Singapore legislation
Regulation 11
Regulation 11
Application to represent minor or person lacking capacity
Subregulation 1
The lawful guardian of a minor or any other person having parental rights with respect to the minor may apply to the Court to represent the minor in any proceedings in the Court to which the minor is a party.
Subregulation 2
The following persons may apply to the Court to represent a person lacking capacity in any proceedings in the Court to which the person lacking capacity is a party:
a deputy appointed or deemed to be appointed for the person lacking capacity by the Court under the Mental Capacity Act 2008;
a donee of a lasting power of attorney granted, by the person lacking capacity, under the Mental Capacity Act 2008;
a person related by blood or marriage to the person lacking capacity.
Subregulation 3
An application under this rule must be made by summons in Form 16 and be supported by an affidavit.
Subregulation 4
The Court may appoint the applicant referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) to represent the minor or person lacking capacity, as the case may be, in the proceedings if the Court thinks that this is not adverse to the interests of the minor or person lacking capacity.