Comparison View

Formal Consolidation |  2020 RevEd
Commencement of Part 3 proceedings
16I.—(1)  Subject to subsection (2), any Part 3 proceedings that may be heard and determined by a Protection from Harassment Court must in the first instance be commenced in a Protection from Harassment Court.
[17/2019]
(2)  Despite subsection (1) —
(a)a claim under section 11 may be commenced in the first instance in a Magistrate’s Court or the General Division of the High Court;
(b)Part 3 proceedings may be commenced in the first instance in a District Court (other than the Protection from Harassment Court); and
(c)Part 3 proceedings (except any Part 3 proceedings involving any claim under section 11) may be commenced in the first instance in a Family Court,
in which any related proceeding is pending, with the leave of that court.
[17/2019; 40/2019]
(3)  A court may grant leave under subsection (2) only if it is just, expeditious and economical for the disposal of the Part 3 proceedings, for the Part 3 proceedings to be commenced in that court.
[17/2019]
(4)  Civil proceedings (other than Part 3 proceedings) may be commenced in the first instance in a Protection from Harassment Court only if those civil proceedings are —
(a)related to any Part 3 proceedings that have been or will be commenced in the Protection from Harassment Court; and
(b)commenced in the Protection from Harassment Court on or after the commencement of the related Part 3 proceedings.
[17/2019]
(5)  Civil proceedings may, under this section, be commenced in a court only if the civil proceedings are within the civil jurisdiction of that court.
[17/2019]
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 31 of 2022
Commencement of Part 3 proceedings
16I.—(1)  Subject to subsection (2), any Part 3 proceedings that may be heard and determined by a Protection from Harassment Court must in the first instance be commenced in a Protection from Harassment Court.
[17/2019]
(2)  Despite subsection (1) —
(a)a claim under section 11 may be commenced in the first instance in a Magistrate’s Court or the General Division of the High Court;
(b)Part 3 proceedings may be commenced in the first instance in a District Court (other than the Protection from Harassment Court); and
(c)Part 3 proceedings (except any Part 3 proceedings involving any claim under section 11) may be commenced in the first instance in a Family Court,
in which any related proceeding is pending, with the permission of that court.
[17/2019; 40/2019]
[Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022]
(3)  A court may grant permission under subsection (2) only if it is just, expeditious and economical for the disposal of the Part 3 proceedings, for the Part 3 proceedings to be commenced in that court.
[17/2019]
[Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022]
(4)  Civil proceedings (other than Part 3 proceedings) may be commenced in the first instance in a Protection from Harassment Court only if those civil proceedings are —
(a)related to any Part 3 proceedings that have been or will be commenced in the Protection from Harassment Court; and
(b)commenced in the Protection from Harassment Court on or after the commencement of the related Part 3 proceedings.
[17/2019]
(5)  Civil proceedings may, under this section, be commenced in a court only if the civil proceedings are within the civil jurisdiction of that court.
[17/2019]
(6)  In this section, proceedings are related to Part 3 proceedings if —
(a)both of those proceedings involve any common issue of law or fact; or
(b)the rights to relief claimed in both of those proceedings are in respect of the same conduct or course of conduct.
[Act 31 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022]