Singapore legislation
Regulation 2
Regulation 2
Application of Rules (O. 1, r. 2)
Subregulation 1
These Rules apply to —
every case commenced in the Court on or after 1 April 2022 (unless the case is transferred out of the Court);
every case commenced in the General Division on or after 1 April 2022 and transferred from the General Division to the Court;
any proceedings (either upon application or on the General Division’s own motion) for the transfer of a case from the General Division to the Court, where the case is commenced on or after 1 April 2022;
every appeal to the Court of Appeal, filed on or after 1 April 2022, from a judgment or an order of the Court; and
every originating application to the Court of Appeal, filed on or after 1 April 2022, in relation to a judgment or an order of the Court.
Subregulation 2
If all parties concerned consent in writing, these Rules apply with necessary modifications to —
every case commenced in the Court before 1 April 2022;
every case commenced in the General Division or the High Court (as the case may be) before 1 April 2022 and transferred from the General Division to the Court at any time; (ba)any proceedings (either upon application or on the General Division’s own motion) for the transfer of a case relating to corporate insolvency, restructuring or dissolution from the General Division to the Court, where the case is commenced on or after 30 July 2020 but before 1 April 2022;
every appeal to the Court of Appeal, filed before 1 April 2022, from a judgment or an order of the Court; and
every originating application to the Court of Appeal, filed before 1 April 2022, in relation to a judgment or an order of the Court.
Subregulation 3
Unless otherwise provided in these Rules or ordered by the Court, the domestic Rules of Court do not apply to the matters set out in paragraph (1).
Subregulation 4
Despite paragraphs (1) and (2), the domestic Rules of Court apply to every case transferred from the Court to the General Division on or after 1 April 2022.
Subregulation 5
For the purposes of paragraph (2)(ba), the parties concerned are every plaintiff or applicant in the case, every defendant or respondent (if any) in the case, and every third party or subsequent party (if any) in the case.