Singapore legislation

Regulation 2

of Rules of Court 2021

Regulation 2

Revocation, transitional provisions and application (O. 1, r. 2)

Amended byS 293/2022 wef 03/04/2022S 780/2023 wef 01/12/2023S 758/2025 wef 31/12/2025

Subregulation 1

Subject to the following provisions of this Rule, the Rules of Court (R 5) (called the revoked Rules of Court) are revoked.

Subregulation 2

The saving and transitional provisions set out in the First Schedule have effect.

Subregulation 3

Subject to this Rule, these Rules —

(a)

apply to and in relation to all civil proceedings in the Supreme Court or the State Courts which are commenced on or after 1 April 2022, including appeals arising from those proceedings; and

(b)

apply with the necessary modifications to and in relation to every appeal to the Court of Appeal or the Appellate Division, and every originating application to the Court of Appeal or Appellate Division, which is filed on or after 1 April 2022, relating to a decision of a lower Court made in proceedings to which the revoked Rules of Court apply (whether under the First Schedule or otherwise).

Subregulation 4

For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b) —

(a)

subject to sub‑paragraph (b), the notice of appeal against a judgment or order of the General Division or Appellate Division given or made before 1 April 2022 must be filed and served within one month after —

(i)

in the case of an appeal from an order made in chambers — the date when the order was pronounced or when the appellant first had notice of the order;

(ii)

in the case of an appeal against the refusal of an application — the date of the refusal;

(iii)

in a case where a request for further arguments was made under section 29B(2) of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act — the date mentioned in section 29B(4)(b) of that Act; or

(iv)

in any other case — the date on which the judgment or order appealed against was pronounced;

(b)

where permission to appeal against a decision of the General Division or Appellate Division is required, the notice of appeal against the decision of the General Division or Appellate Division made before 1 April 2022 must be filed and served —

(i)

where the application for permission to appeal is filed before that date — within one month after the date on which such permission is granted; or

(ii)

where the application for permission to appeal is filed on or after that date — within 14 days after the date on which such permission is granted; and

(c)

an application for permission to appeal against a decision of the General Division or Appellate Division made before 1 April 2022 must be filed and served, together with the documents mentioned in Order 18, Rule 29(7) or Order 19, Rule 26(7) (as the case may be) —

(i)

within 7 working days after the date of the decision of the lower Court; or

(ii)

where section 29B of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act applies, within 7 working days after —

(A)

in a case where the Judge who made the decision hears further arguments in respect of the decision — the date the Judge affirms, varies or sets aside the decision after hearing further arguments;

(B)

in a case where a request for further arguments was made, but the Judge who made the decision certifies, or is deemed to have certified, that no further arguments are required — the date the Judge certifies, or is deemed to have certified, that no further arguments are required; or

(C)

in any other case — the earlier of the following:

(CA)the time at which the judgment or order relating to the decision is extracted;

(CB)the 15th day after the date on which the decision is made.

Subregulation 5

Order 18, Rule 29 and Order 19, Rule 26 (as the case may be) apply to and in relation to an application for permission to appeal mentioned in paragraph (4)(c) subject to the following modifications:

(a)

Order 18, Rule 29(1) to (4) and Order 19, Rule 26(1) to (4) do not apply;

(b)

the references to “the time provided under this Rule” in Order 18, Rule 29(6)(a) and Order 19, Rule 26(6)(a) are to be read as references to the time provided under paragraph (4)(c)(i) or (ii).

Subregulation 6

Where the Court of Appeal or the Appellate Division hears an appeal under these Rules against a decision of a lower Court which was made in proceedings governed by the revoked Rules of Court, these Rules do not apply to any proceedings in the lower Court following the appeal before the Court of Appeal or Appellate Division, and the revoked Rules of Court continue to apply to any such proceedings in the lower Court following the appeal in accordance with the First Schedule.

Subregulation 7

Amended byS 293/2022 wef 03/04/2022S 780/2023 wef 01/12/2023

Despite any provision in these Rules providing that the revoked Rules of Court are to apply to certain proceedings, the Court may direct that the provisions of Order 3, Rule 8, Order 8, Rule 2 or 4A, Order 25, Rule 3(2), Order 29A, Order 55 or Order 64, Rule 4 or 4A are to apply with suitable modifications to those proceedings.

Subregulation 8

Amended byS 758/2025 wef 31/12/2025

These Rules do not apply to proceedings under the Criminal Procedure Code 2010, unless otherwise provided in the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 or any subsidiary legislation made thereunder.

Subregulation 9

These Rules do not apply to proceedings in the Family Division of the High Court.

Subregulation 10

Unless the Court otherwise directs, and subject to any other written law, these Rules do not apply to —

(a)

any proceedings in the Singapore International Commercial Court commenced on or after 1 April 2022;

(b)

any proceedings commenced on or after 1 April 2022 in the General Division that are transferred out to the Singapore International Commercial Court;

(c)

any proceedings (whether upon application or on the General Division’s own motion) for the transfer of a case from the General Division to the Singapore International Commercial Court, where the case is commenced on or after 1 April 2022; or

(d)

any appeal to the Court of Appeal, or any originating application to the Court of Appeal, filed on or after 1 April 2022, relating to a decision of the Singapore International Commercial Court.

Subregulation 11

These Rules do not apply to proceedings of the kind specified in the first column of the following Table (being proceedings in respect of which rules may be made under the written law specified in the second column of that Table), except for the provisions specified in the third column of that Table:First columnSecond columnThird columnProceedingsWritten lawApplicable provisions1.Proceedings under the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018, section 448Order 25, Rule 6, Order 28 and Parts 3 and 4 of the Fourth Schedule read with Order 252.Proceedings relating to the winding up of limited liability partnershipsLimited Liability Partnerships Act, section 57Order 25, Rule 6, Order 28, Parts 3 and 4 of the Fourth Schedule read with Order 25, and Order 50, Rule 3(2) 3.Proceedings relating to the winding up of variable capital companies and their sub‑fundsVariable Capital Companies Act 2018, section 164Order 25, Rule 6, Order 28, Parts 3 and 4 of the Fourth Schedule read with Order 25, and Order 68, Rule 2(4)4.Proceedings under Part IV of the Parliamentary Elections ActParliamentary Elections Act, section 100Order 28 and Parts 3 and 4 of the Fourth Schedule read with Order 25

Subregulation 12

To avoid doubt, these Rules apply to any appeal arising from any proceedings mentioned in paragraphs (9) and (11).

Subregulation 13

The Second Schedule sets out the categories of cases to which specific provisions of these Rules do not apply, or apply with modifications.