Clause 19
Related amendment to State Courts Act
of Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment No. 2) Bill
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Clause 19
The State Courts Act (Cap. 321) is amended by inserting, immediately after section 7, the following section:“State Court may conduct hearing through electronic means of communication8.—
(1)
Without limiting section 7, a State Court may conduct the hearing of any matter or proceeding through a live video link, a live television link or any other electronic means of communication.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not affect the operation of section 62A of the Evidence Act (Cap. 97) and section 281 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68).”.