Singapore legislation
Regulation 14B
Regulation 14B
Continuation of hearing by another tribunal magistrate
Subregulation 1
If a tribunal magistrate who commenced the hearing of a claim is unable to complete the hearing, the Presiding Judge of the State Courts may nominate another tribunal magistrate to continue the hearing.
Subregulation 2
The tribunal magistrate who continues the hearing may, in the interest of justice and without material prejudice to the parties to the proceedings —
act on the evidence recorded by his predecessor or recorded partly by his predecessor and partly by himself; or
start the hearing again by summoning the witnesses.
Subregulation 3
When there is a change of tribunal magistrate, any party to the proceedings may apply for a witness to be summoned and heard again and the tribunal magistrate must allow the application unless —
the witness is dead, cannot be found, is incapable of giving evidence, is kept out of the way by the party making the application, or cannot be brought to court without unreasonable delay or expense; or
the tribunal magistrate believes that the application is frivolous, vexatious or made for the purpose of delaying the proceedings.