Supreme Court of Judicature (Transfer of Specified Proceedings to District Court) Order 2016

For the purpose of any proceedings to be heard and determined by a District Court under this Order, the registrar and every deputy registrar of the State Courts has power to transact all such business, and exercise all such authority and jurisdiction, as may be transacted and exercised by a District Judge in chambers under this Order, except such business, authority and jurisdiction as the Presiding Judge of the State Courts may, with the concurrence of the Chief Justice, from time to time direct to be transacted or exercised by a District Judge in person.

The registrar of the State Courts has, in relation to any order (for the execution of a deed or for the signing of a document) made by a District Court in connection with any proceedings heard and determined by the District Court under this Order, the same powers as those conferred on the Registrar of the Supreme Court by section 14 of the Act.

An appeal lies to the General Division from a decision of a District Court in any proceedings heard and determined by the District Court under this Order, regardless of the amount in dispute or the value of the subject matter.

Permission is required before an appeal may be brought against a decision of the General Division in respect of any appeal heard and determined by the General Division under sub-paragraph (1), regardless of the amount in dispute or the value of the subject matter.

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), permission must be obtained from the court to which the appeal is to be made under section 29C of the Act.

An order giving or refusing permission under sub‑paragraph (2) is final.

The procedures for appeals from the proceedings mentioned in sub‑paragraph (1) to the General Division and, after that, to the Appellate Division or the Court of Appeal are as specified in the Rules of Court 2021 (G.N. No. S 914/2021).