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Regulation 54

of Supreme Court of Judicature (Protection from Harassment) Rules 2021

Regulation 54

Form and notification of protection order or expedited protection order

Amended byS 193/2022 wef 01/04/2022S 405/2026 wef 29/06/2026S 193/2022 wef 01/04/2022

Subregulation 1

A protection order —

(a)

must be in Form 4; and (b)must be served by the applicant on every relevant party of the order, and every other person on whom the order is directed to be served under rule 68(1).

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 193/2022 wef 01/04/2022

An expedited protection order —

(a)

must be in Form 4;

(b)

must be served by the applicant —

(i)

on every relevant party of the order, and every other person on whom the order is directed to be served under rule 68(1); and

(ii)

together with a copy each of the application for the order and the affidavit in support of the application, if these were previously not served on the relevant party or person mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i); and

(c)

must contain, or be served together with an order of the court containing, the court’s directions mentioned in sub‑paragraph (b)(i).

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 405/2026 wef 29/06/2026

An order under section 12(2E), (2F) or (2G) or 13(1B), (1C) or (1D) of the Act served on a third party, an internet intermediary or an administrator mentioned in that provision (called in this rule an additional relevant party), who was not identified in the order, must be served together with a notification in Form 5 naming that additional relevant party.

Subregulation 4

Where an order mentioned in paragraph (3) is to apply to another additional relevant party, who was not identified in the order or in a notification served under that paragraph, a further notification in Form 5 naming that other additional relevant party must be served with the order on that other additional relevant party.

Subregulation 5

A party who wishes to amend a notification, which is served by that party under paragraph (3) or (4) in respect of an additional relevant party named in the notification, must do so by serving a copy of the amended notification on every additional relevant party who was served the notification before it was amended.

Subregulation 6

Amended byS 193/2022 wef 01/04/2022

Every notification, further notification or amended notification mentioned in paragraph (3), (4) or (5) (as the case may be) must be filed before it is served, and such filing may be done without the permission of court.