Singapore legislation
Regulation 57
of Supreme Court of Judicature (Protection from Harassment) Rules 2021
Regulation 57
Form and notification of false statement order or interim false statement order
Subregulation 1
A false statement order —
must be in Form 11;
must be served by the applicant on each relevant party of the order and every other person on whom the order is directed to be served under rule 68(1); and
must contain, or be served with an order of the court containing, the court’s directions mentioned in sub‑paragraph (b).
Subregulation 2
An interim false statement order —
must be in Form 11;
must be served by the applicant —
on each relevant party of the order, and every other person on whom the order is directed to be served under rule 68(1); and
together with a copy each of the application for the interim false statement order and the affidavit in support of the application, if these were previously not served on the relevant party or person; and
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
A stop publication order or an interim stop publication order (as the case may be) served on an individual or entity mentioned in section 15A(3) of the Act (called in this rule an additional relevant party), who was not identified in the order, must be served together with a notification in Form 12 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 12 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, served by that party under paragraph (3) or (4) in respect of a person named in the notification, must do so by serving an amended notification on every additional relevant party who was served the notification before it was amended.
Subregulation 6
Every notification, further notification and 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.