Singapore legislation
Regulation 4A
Regulation 4A
Service of originating process, etc., out of Singapore on person under Article 3 of Hague Service Convention (O. 8, r. 4A)
Subregulation 1
This Rule applies to the service out of Singapore, under Article 3 of the Hague Service Convention, of an originating process or other court document required in connection with civil proceedings in respect of a civil or commercial matter on a person, other than a State, in a Contracting State.
Subregulation 2
If any provision in this Rule is inconsistent with any other provision in this Order, the provision in this Rule prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.
Subregulation 3
The person mentioned in paragraph (1) must have a known address in the Contracting State in which the documents are to be served.
Subregulation 4
A person who wishes to serve any document mentioned in paragraph (1) out of Singapore under this Rule must file in the Registry a request for service in the current version of Part 1 of the Model Form, accompanied by —
a sealed copy of the document to be served;
a summary of the document to be served, in accordance with Part 3 of the Model Form;
a translation of the documents mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) in accordance with Rule 2(4) and (5); and
a copy each of the request and the documents mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c), which may be in electronic form if agreed to by the central authority.
Subregulation 5
The Registrar must send the documents filed under paragraph (4) to the central authority of the Contracting State in which the documents are to be served.
Subregulation 6
Rule 2(3) does not apply in relation to any service under this Rule.
Subregulation 7
In this Rule —
Definition
“central authority”, in relation to a Contracting State, means an authority that is designated by that State under Article 2 of the Hague Service Convention for receiving requests for service coming from other State parties to the Hague Service Convention;
Definition
“Contracting State” means a State (other than Singapore) which is a party to the Hague Service Convention;
Definition
“Hague Service Convention” means the Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters done at The Hague on 15 November 1965;
Definition
“Model Form” means the model form, in 3 parts, annexed to the Hague Service Convention and set out on the Internet website for that Convention at https://www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/specialised-sections/service.