Singapore legislation
Regulation 154
of Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution (Personal Insolvency) Rules 2020
Regulation 154
Application for costs
Where a party to, or person affected by, any proceedings under Part 3 or Parts 13 to 22 of the Act or these Rules, desires to apply for an order that the party or person be allowed the costs (or any part of the costs) of the party or person (as the case may be) incidental to the proceeding, and the application is not made at the time of the proceeding —
the party or person (as the case may be) must serve notice of the intended application on the trustee of the bankrupt’s estate in question;
the trustee of the bankrupt’s estate in question may appear at the hearing of the application and object to the application; and
no costs of or incidental to the application are to be allowed to the applicant unless the Court is satisfied that the application could not have been made at the time of the proceeding.