Singapore legislation

Regulation 9

of Family Justice (General) Rules 2024

Regulation 9

Judgment in proceedings heard in private (P. 1, r. 9)

Subregulation 1

Where proceedings are heard in private pursuant to any written law, any judgment pronounced or delivered in the proceedings is not available for public inspection.

Subregulation 2

Despite paragraph (1), the Court may, on such terms that it thinks fit, do either or both of the following:

(a)

allow a person who is not a party to the proceedings to inspect or to be provided with a copy of the judgment;

(b)

allow reports of the judgment (after the removal from the judgment of all information which may disclose or lead to the disclosure of the identity of any party to the proceedings) to be published.

Subregulation 3

The Court may redact any judgment in the interests of justice before a person inspects or takes a copy of the judgment under paragraph (2)(a).