Singapore legislation
Regulation 23
Regulation 23
Service requirements
Subregulation 1
The Family Court may give directions for the service of documents filed in PH proceedings, including directions on the means of service or for service out of jurisdiction, on the following persons:
the applicant;
an individual or entity against whom an order is sought in the PH proceedings, or any other person who may reasonably be expected to be affected by the application;
where a protection order requiring an internet intermediary to disable access to an alleged offending communication is sought — a third party that published the alleged offending communication by means of the internet intermediary;
where a false statement order or an interim false statement order is sought —
the author of the relevant statement to which that order relates; or
an individual or entity that published the relevant statement to which that order relates.
Subregulation 2
Where these Rules require any person to serve a document on another person, the document must be served on that other person within 14 days (or any other period as directed by the Family Court) after the date of filing of the document, unless otherwise provided by these Rules.