Singapore legislation
Regulation 8
Regulation 8
Inspection of court documents (P. 1, r. 8)
Subregulation 1
Unless otherwise provided in these Rules, where proceedings are heard in private pursuant to any written law —
any document filed in the proceedings is not available for public inspection; and
a person who is not a party to the proceedings may not take copies of any document filed in the proceedings.
Subregulation 2
Despite paragraph (1), if an application has been referred to a maintenance enforcement officer under section 84(1) of the Women’s Charter 1961, the Court may allow a maintenance enforcement officer to be provided with a copy of any document filed or any order of the Court made —
in the proceedings arising from the referred application, including any appeal against any decision made by the Court on the referred application;
in any proceedings relating to any order sought to be enforced in the referred application; or
in the proceedings arising from an application under section 139M(1) of the Women’s Charter 1961 made by the applicant in the referred application, if a maintenance enforcement officer had prepared an interim report that was —
relied on in the application under section 139M(1) of the Women’s Charter 1961; or
directed to be submitted to the Court in relation to the application mentioned in sub-paragraph (i).