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Formal Consolidation |  2007 RevEd
Civil jurisdiction — specific
17.  Without prejudice to the generality of section 16, the civil jurisdiction of the High Court shall include —
(a)jurisdiction under any written law relating to divorce and matrimonial causes;
(b)jurisdiction under any written law relating to matters of admiralty;
(c)jurisdiction under any written law relating to bankruptcy or to companies;
(d)jurisdiction to appoint and control guardians of infants and generally over the persons and property of infants;
(e)jurisdiction to appoint and control guardians and keepers of the persons and estates of idiots, mentally disordered persons and persons of unsound mind; and
(f)jurisdiction to grant probates of wills and testaments, letters of administration of the estates of deceased persons and to alter or revoke such grants.
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Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 4 of 2020
Civil jurisdiction — specific
17.—(1)  Without prejudice to the generality of section 16, the civil jurisdiction of the High Court shall include —
(a)jurisdiction under any written law relating to divorce and matrimonial causes;
(b)jurisdiction under any written law relating to matters of admiralty;
(c)jurisdiction under any written law relating to bankruptcy or to companies;
(d)jurisdiction to appoint and control guardians of infants and generally over the persons and property of infants;
(e)jurisdiction to appoint and control guardians and keepers of the persons and estates of idiots, mentally disordered persons and persons of unsound mind;
[Act 1 of 2017 wef 01/11/2017]
(f)jurisdiction to grant probates of wills and testaments, letters of administration of the estates of deceased persons and to alter or revoke such grants;
[Act 1 of 2017 wef 01/11/2017]
[Act 4 of 2020 wef 12/09/2020]
(g)jurisdiction under the Mediation Act 2017 to record a mediated settlement agreement made in a mediation, in relation to a dispute for which no proceedings have been commenced in a court, as an order of court; and
[Act 1 of 2017 wef 01/11/2017]
[Act 1 of 2017 wef 01/11/2017]
[Act 4 of 2020 wef 12/09/2020]
(h)jurisdiction under the Singapore Convention on Mediation Act 2020 to grant the applications provided for in that Act in respect of international settlement agreements.
[Act 4 of 2020 wef 12/09/2020]
(2)  In this section —
“international settlement agreement” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Singapore Convention on Mediation Act 2020;
“mediated settlement agreement” and “mediation” have the meanings given by the Mediation Act 2017 (Act 1 of 2017).
[Act 4 of 2020 wef 12/09/2020]