Singapore legislation

Regulation 8

of Family Justice (General) Rules 2024

Regulation 8

Inspection of court documents (P. 1, r. 8)

Amended byS 996/2024 wef 16/01/2025S 996/2024 wef 16/01/2025

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 996/2024 wef 16/01/2025

Unless otherwise provided in these Rules, where proceedings are heard in private pursuant to any written law —

(a)

any document filed in the proceedings is not available for public inspection; and

(b)

a person who is not a party to the proceedings may not take copies of any document filed in the proceedings.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 996/2024 wef 16/01/2025

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 —

(a)

in the proceedings arising from the referred application, including any appeal against any decision made by the Court on the referred application;

(b)

in any proceedings relating to any order sought to be enforced in the referred application; or

(c)

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 —

(i)

relied on in the application under section 139M(1) of the Women’s Charter 1961; or

(ii)

directed to be submitted to the Court in relation to the application mentioned in sub-paragraph (i).