Singapore legislation
Regulation 2
of Republic of Singapore (Appeals to Judicial Committee) Order 1966
Regulation 2
Judicial Committee to have jurisdiction in respect of appeals from Singapore
Subregulation 1
The Committee shall have jurisdiction in respect of appeals from an Appellate Court in a civil matter in the following cases, that is to say:
in the case of any final judgment, decree or order where —
the matter in dispute in the appeal amounts to or is of the value of five thousand dollars or upwards; or
the appeal involves, directly or indirectly, some claim or question to or respecting property or some civil right of like amount or value; or
the case is from its nature a fit one for appeal;
in the case of any interlocutory judgment or order which the Appellate Court considers a fit one for appeal; or
in the case of any decision in the exercise of any original or advisory jurisdiction conferred upon the Appellate Court by the law of Singapore:Provided that no appeal shall be entertained under this paragraph unless the leave of an Appellate Court for such appeal to be made has first been given in the manner and within the time provided by the law in force in Singapore.
Subregulation 2
The Committee shall also have jurisdiction in respect of applications for special leave to appeal from decisions of an Appellate Court in any case, whether civil or criminal, other than those set out in paragraph (1) of this Article and in any case there set out where the leave of an Appellate Court has not been duly obtained, and in respect of any appeal for which leave is so granted.
Subregulation 3
The provisions of this Article shall apply to decisions of an Appellate Court given as well before the commencement of this Order as thereafter and, in relation to any decision of an Appellate Court given before the commencement of this Order, —
the provisions of paragraph (1)(a) of this Article shall have effect as if for the words “five thousand dollars” there were substituted the words “four thousand five hundred dollars”, and the Committee shall have jurisdiction accordingly; and
the Committee shall have jurisdiction under paragraph (2) of this Article in respect of any appeal for which special leave was granted on the recommendation of the Committee in accordance with the provisions then in force for the regulation of appeals from the Appellate Court.