Singapore legislation
Clause 8
Clause 8
Referential amendments
(1)
Where —
by virtue of section 5, the process for commencing an action in or making an application to a court under any Act specified in the first column of the First Schedule has been changed by the amendment to that Act as set out in the second column of that Schedule; and
on or after the date appointed for the coming into operation of the amendment there still exists a provision in a written law which mentions such an action or application by reference to the process that was applicable thereto before that date (however that provision may be expressed),that provision shall, as from that date, be read with the necessary modifications as if it referred to the process that is applicable as from that date in respect of that action or application.
(2)
As from 1st January 2006, if any of the expressions as listed in the first column below appears in any written law, that expression shall be read as the corresponding expression as set out in the second column opposite thereto:First column Second column(a)guardian ad litem (in adoption cases) guardian in adoption(b)guardian ad litem (in other cases) litigation representative(c)nisi interim(d)order absolute final order(e)subpoena ad testificandum subpoena to testify(f)subpoena duces tecum subpoena to produce documents(g)viva voce orally(h)writ of subpoena subpoena.