Singapore legislation
Regulation 26
of Supreme Court of Judicature (Protection from Harassment) Rules 2021
Regulation 26
Orders or directions in simplified proceedings
Subregulation 1
A Protection from Harassment Court or the Registrar may, at any time after a claim is filed, direct any party to the simplified proceedings to appear before the Court or Registrar, for the Court or Registrar to make such order or give such directions as the Court or Registrar thinks fit for the just, expeditious and economical disposal of the cause or matter.
Subregulation 2
The orders and directions that the Protection from Harassment Court or Registrar (as the case may be) may make or give under paragraph (1) include one or more of the following:
an order that the claimant or any intended relevant party attend such mediation, conciliation, counselling or psychiatric assessment as the Court or Registrar may direct;
any direction necessary for and incidental to the proper carrying into effect of an order under sub‑paragraph (a);
an order that all further proceedings in the claim be stayed until the claimant or any intended relevant party has attended the mediation, conciliation, counselling or psychiatric assessment, as the case may be;
if the parties agree to settle some or all of the matters in dispute in the claim or proceedings, a consent order or an order or a direction to give effect to the settlement;
an order that proceedings be stayed until a certain date, until further application, or indefinitely;
an order that the name of a person improperly joined be struck out from the proceedings;
an order that any claim be struck out on the basis that it is not within the jurisdiction of the Court, including but not limited to any claim purportedly made as a related claim under the Act;
in the event any party fails to appear at the hearing, an order dismissing the claim or striking out the response (as the case may be) or granting permission to enter judgment on the claim or any part of the claim, even if the interests of the absent party may be prejudicially affected by such order;
a direction that the hearing of the proceedings be adjourned to a later date on such terms as the Court or Registrar thinks fit; (j)an order that a party pay security for costs of the proceedings on such terms as the Court or Registrar thinks fit.
Subregulation 3
All parties to simplified proceedings must be informed of the date and time appointed for them to appear before the Protection from Harassment Court or Registrar by way of a notice in accordance with the appropriate Form, and each party must comply with all directions contained in such notice.
Subregulation 4
In addition, where any party fails to comply with any order made or direction given by the Protection from Harassment Court or Registrar, the Court or Registrar may make such order as the Court or Registrar thinks just including, in particular, an order dismissing the claim or striking out the response (as the case may be) or granting permission to enter judgment on the claim or any part of the claim.