Singapore legislation
Regulation 17
Regulation 17
Appeals to General Division of High Court
Subregulation 1
An appellant who obtains permission to appeal from a tribunal must file and serve a notice of appeal in the relevant Form within 14 days after the date on which such permission is given.
Subregulation 2
An appeal to the General Division of the High Court from a tribunal is by way of rehearing.
Subregulation 3
The appellant must, at the time of filing the notice of appeal, provide security for the respondent’s costs of the appeal in the sum of $2,000, or such other sum as may be fixed from time to time by the Chief Justice, by —
depositing the sum in the Registry or with the Accountant‑General and obtaining a certificate in the relevant Form; or
procuring an undertaking in the relevant Form from the appellant’s solicitor and filing a certificate in the relevant Form.
Subregulation 4
Subject to paragraph (5), Divisions 1 and 2 of Order 19 of the Rules of Court 2021 apply to every appeal from a tribunal to the General Division of the High Court with the following modifications:
any reference to the Court below is to be construed as a reference to the tribunal;
any reference to a Judge (other than a reference to a Judge sitting in the General Division of the High Court) is to be construed as a reference to the tribunal judge.
Subregulation 5
Order 19, Rules 14(1), 15 and 16(1) to (6) of the Rules of Court 2021 do not apply to any appeal from a tribunal to the General Division of the High Court.