Singapore legislation

Clause 8

of Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Bill

Clause 8

Amendment of section 30

Section 30 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:“(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Court of Appeal in the exercise of its civil jurisdiction shall, if it consists of 2 Judges of Appeal, be duly constituted for the purpose of hearing and determining —

(a)

an application to extend the time for filing and serving a notice of appeal;

(b)

an application to discharge or vary any direction or order made under section 36(1);

(c)

an appeal against an interlocutory judgment;

(d)

an appeal against any judgment or order obtained after the hearing of an assessment of damages;

(e)

an appeal against any judgment or order obtained after the hearing of a taking of accounts between parties; or

(f)

an appeal against any judgment or order obtained after any proceedings other than the trial or hearing of any action or matter commenced by any originating process.”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(3A) No Judge of Appeal shall sit as a member of the Court of Appeal on the hearing of an application to discharge or vary any direction or order made by him under section 36(1).”.