Singapore legislation

Clause 15

of Small Claims Tribunals (Amendment) Bill

Clause 15

Repeal of sections 35, 36 and 37, and re‑enactment of sections 35 and 36

Sections 35, 36 and 37 of the principal Act are repealed and the following sections substituted therefor:“Orders of tribunal35.—

(1)

A tribunal may, as regards any claim within its jurisdiction, make one or more of the following orders, subject to such conditions (whether as to the time for, or mode of, compliance or otherwise) as the tribunal thinks fit to impose:

(a)

an order requiring a party to pay money to another party;

(b)

a work order against a party;

(c)

an order requiring a party to do anything under a work order within such time as may be specified in the order and, in default of that party complying with that order, to pay money to a person specified in the order;

(d)

an order dismissing the whole or part of the claim;

(e)

an order to vary a work order;

(f)

an order requiring a party to pay costs to another party;

(g)

where the claim is for unpaid rent for any premises under a contract specified in paragraph 1(c) of the Schedule, an order for the delivery of vacant possession of the premises;

(h)

any ancillary order necessary to give effect to any order made by the tribunal.(2) The total value of a money order or work order made under subsection (1) must not exceed —

(a)

in the case where section 5(4) applies, the prescribed extended limit; and

(b)

in any other case, the prescribed limit. (3) A tribunal may correct an order made by the tribunal within 14 days after the date on which the order is made, or correct a statement of the tribunal’s grounds for making the order within 14 days after the date on which the statement is issued by the tribunal, to the extent necessary to rectify any of the following:

(a)

a clerical mistake;

(b)

an error arising from an accidental slip or omission;

(c)

a material miscalculation of figures, or a material mistake in the description of any person, thing or matter, mentioned in the order or statement;

(d)

a defect of form.(4) In this section, “money order” means an order under subsection (1)(a).Enforcement of section 35(1) order

36. Each of the following orders may be enforced in the same manner as a judgment or an order made by a District Court:

(a)

an order made by a tribunal under section 35(1);

(b)

an order made by the Registrar under section 17(2), (5) or (7) or 20(4), read with section 35(1).”.