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Formal Consolidation |  2020 RevEd
Jurisdiction of Singapore International Commercial Court
18D.—(1)  The Singapore International Commercial Court has jurisdiction to hear and try any action that satisfies all of the following conditions:
(a)the action is international and commercial in nature;
(b)the action is one that the General Division may hear and try in its original civil jurisdiction;
(c)the action satisfies such other conditions as the Rules of Court may prescribe.
[42/2014; 1/2018; 40/2019]
(2)  Without limiting subsection (1), the Singapore International Commercial Court (being a division of the General Division) has jurisdiction to hear any proceedings relating to international commercial arbitration that the General Division may hear and that satisfy such conditions as the Rules of Court may prescribe.
[1/2018; 40/2019]
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 25 of 2021
Jurisdiction of Singapore International Commercial Court
18D.—(1)  The Singapore International Commercial Court has jurisdiction to hear and try any action that satisfies all of the following conditions:
(a)the action is international and commercial in nature;
(b)the action is one that the General Division may hear and try in its original civil jurisdiction;
(c)the action satisfies such other conditions as the Rules of Court may prescribe.
[42/2014; 1/2018; 40/2019]
(2)  Without limiting subsection (1), the Singapore International Commercial Court (being a division of the General Division) has jurisdiction —
(a)to hear any proceedings relating to international commercial arbitration that the General Division may hear and that satisfy such conditions as the Rules of Court may prescribe;
[Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/10/2022]
(b)to hear any application —
(i)that seeks relief for the purposes of proceedings in the Singapore International Commercial Court;
(ii)that is made before the commencement of such proceedings; and
(iii)that satisfies such conditions as the Rules of Court may prescribe; and
[Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/10/2022]
(c)to hear any proceedings relating to corporate insolvency, restructuring or dissolution under the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018, or under the Companies Act 1967* as in force immediately before 30 July 2020 —
(i)that are international and commercial in nature; and
(ii)that satisfy such conditions as the Rules of Court may prescribe.
[*Updated to be consistent with the 2020 Revised Edition]
[Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022]
[Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/10/2022]
(3)  Where the Singapore International Commercial Court has and exercises jurisdiction under subsection (1) in respect of any action, such jurisdiction includes —
(a)the jurisdiction to hear and try the action upon the joinder of any additional party, if the action continues to maintain an international and commercial character, even if the claim by or against the additional party is not international and commercial in nature;
(b)the jurisdiction to hear and try a counterclaim brought in, and that remains part of, that action, if the action and counterclaim taken as a whole maintain an international and commercial character, even if the counterclaim is not international and commercial in nature;
(c)the jurisdiction to hear and try any proceedings (called in this subsection and subsection (4) third party proceedings) brought by a defendant or respondent against any party (called in this subsection and subsection (4) a third party) who is not already a party to the action, if —
(i)the requirements prescribed in the Rules of Court for the bringing of third party proceedings are satisfied; and
(ii)the main action and the third party proceedings taken as a whole maintain an international and commercial character, even if the third party proceedings are not international and commercial in nature; and
(d)the jurisdiction to hear and try any proceedings (called in this subsection and subsection (4) subsequent party proceedings) brought by a third party against any party (called in this subsection and subsection (4) a subsequent party) who is not already a party to the third party proceedings, if —
(i)the requirements prescribed in the Rules of Court for the bringing of subsequent party proceedings are satisfied; and
(ii)the main action, the third party proceedings and the subsequent party proceedings taken as a whole maintain an international and commercial character, even if the third party proceedings or the subsequent party proceedings are not international and commercial in nature.
[Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022]
(4)  Subsection (3)(d) applies, with the appropriate modifications, to any proceedings brought by a subsequent party against any party who is not already a party to the subsequent party proceedings, as if the subsequent party were a third party, and the subsequent party proceedings were third party proceedings.
[Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022]