Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969 - Singapore Statutes Online

Supreme Court of
Judicature Act 1969

2020 REVISED EDITION

This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021

An Act to provide for the jurisdiction and powers of the superior courts of judicature.

[40/2019]

[9 January 1970]

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Act is the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“Appellate Division” means the Appellate Division of the High Court;

“court” means the General Division, the Appellate Division, or the Court of Appeal;

“Family Division of the High Court” means the Family Division of the High Court constituted under section 4 of the Family Justice Act 2014;

“Family Justice Rules” means the Family Justice Rules made under the Family Justice Act 2014 and any other written law by the Family Justice Rules Committee constituted under section 46(1) of that Act;

“General Division” means the General Division of the High Court;

“Judge” means a Supreme Court Judge, a Judicial Commissioner, a Senior Judge or an International Judge, and —

(a)	in relation to the General Division, means a Judge sitting in that Division in accordance with the Constitution and this Act;
(b)	in relation to the Appellate Division, means a Judge sitting in that Division in accordance with the Constitution and this Act; and
(c)	in relation to the Court of Appeal, means a Judge sitting in that Court in accordance with the Constitution and this Act;

“Registrar” means the Registrar of the Supreme Court and includes the Deputy Registrar and the Assistant Registrars;

“Rules of Court” means Rules of Court made under this Act and includes forms;

“seal” includes stamp;

“subordinate court” means a court constituted under the State Courts Act 1970, a Family Court or Youth Court constituted under the Family Justice Act 2014, and any other court, tribunal or judicial or quasi‑judicial body from the decisions of which under any written law there is a right of appeal to the Supreme Court;

“Supreme Court Judge” means the Chief Justice, a Justice of the Court of Appeal, a Judge of the Appellate Division or a Judge of the High Court.

[5/2014; 27/2014; 42/2014; 40/2019]

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