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1 Short title and commencement

3 Family Justice Courts

4 Family Division of High Court

5 Family Courts and Youth Courts

9 Sittings of Family Courts and Youth Courts

10 Sittings in camera, etc.

12 Appointment of Presiding Judge of Family Justice Courts

13 Designation of judges of Family Courts

14 Designation of judges of Youth Courts

15 Appointments and qualifications of registrar, deputy registrar and assistant registrars

16 Jurisdiction, powers and duties of registrar, deputy registrar and assistant registrars

17 Officers of Family Justice Courts

18 Powers and duties of certain officers of Family Justice Courts

19 Solicitor, etc., authorised to act as bailiff

20 Oaths of officers

21 Appointments and revocations to be published in Gazette

22 Original civil jurisdiction of High Court exercisable through Family Division

23 Appellate civil jurisdiction of High Court exercisable through Family Division

24 Appellate criminal jurisdiction of High Court exercisable through Family Division

25 Family Division may exercise entire jurisdiction of High Court

26 Jurisdiction of Family Courts

27 Assessors to assist Family Court

28 Examination and assessment of child, etc.

29 General power to transfer proceedings from Family Court to High Court, and vice versa

30 Jurisdiction of Registrar

31 Execution of deed, signing of document or indorsement of negotiable instrument

32 General provision relating to appeals from Family Court exercising quasi-criminal or civil jurisdiction

33 Agreement not to appeal from Family Court exercising civil jurisdiction

34 Appeal from Family Court exercising civil jurisdiction not to operate as stay of execution

35 Jurisdiction of Youth Courts

36 Registry of Family Justice Courts

37 Distribution of business

38 Vacations for Family Courts

40 Impounding documents

41 Disqualification of judicial officers

42 Judicial officers not to act where interested

43 Officers not to bid at sales under any written law

44 Misconduct of officers

45 Protection of judicial and other officers

46 Family Justice Rules

47 Savings and transitional provisions

48 Consequential and related amendments to Interpretation Act

49 Consequential and related amendments to Administration of Muslim Law Act

50 Related amendments to Adoption of Children Act

51 Related amendments to Central Provident Fund Act

52 Consequential and related amendments to Children and Young Persons Act

53 Consequential amendment to Community Mediation Centres Act

54 Consequential and related amendments to Criminal Procedure Code

55 Consequential amendment to Diplomatic and Consular Relations Act

56 Consequential amendments to Employment Act

57 Related amendments to Evidence Act

58 Related amendments to Guardianship of Infants Act

59 Consequential and related amendments to Inheritance (Family Provision) Act

60 Consequential amendment to International Child Abduction Act

61 Related amendments to Legal Aid and Advice Act

62 Related amendments to Legal Profession Act

63 Related amendments to Legitimacy Act

64 Consequential and related amendments to Maintenance of Parents Act

65 Consequential and related amendments to Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act

66 Consequential and related amendments to Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act

67 Related amendments to Mental Capacity Act

68 Related amendment to Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act

69 Consequential and related amendments to Probate and Administration Act

70 Consequential amendment to Probation of Offenders Act

71 Related amendment to Public Trustee Act

72 Consequential and related amendments to State Courts Act

73 Consequential and related amendments to Status of Children (Assisted Reproduction Technology) Act 2013

74 Consequential and related amendments to Supreme Court of Judicature Act

75 Related amendments to Voluntary Sterilization Act

76 Consequential and related amendments to Women’s Charter

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Family Justice Bill

Bill No. 21/2014

Read the first time on 8th July 2014.

An Act relating to the constitution, jurisdiction and powers of the Family Justice Courts and the administration of justice therein, and to make consequential and related amendments to other written laws.

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Family Justice Act 2014 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Interpretation

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

“District Judge” means a District Judge appointed under section 9(1) of the State Courts Act (Cap. 321);

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

“family proceedings” means —

(a)	any civil proceedings under section 53 of the Administration of Muslim Law Act (Cap. 3);
(b)	any civil proceedings under the Adoption of Children Act (Cap. 4);
(c)	any civil proceedings under the Guardianship of Infants Act (Cap. 122);
(d)	any civil proceedings under the Inheritance (Family Provision) Act (Cap. 138);
(e)	any civil proceedings under the International Child Abduction Act (Cap. 143C);
(f)	any civil proceedings for the distribution of an intestate estate in accordance with the Intestate Succession Act (Cap. 146);
(g)	any civil proceedings under the Legitimacy Act (Cap. 162);
(h)	any civil proceedings under section 10 of the Maintenance of Parents Act (Cap. 167B);
(i)	any civil proceedings under the Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act (Cap. 168);
(j)	any civil proceedings under the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act (Cap. 169);
(k)	any civil proceedings under the Mental Capacity Act (Cap. 177A);
(l)	any civil proceedings under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act (Cap. 178A);
(m)	any civil proceedings under the Status of Children (Assisted Reproduction Technology) Act 2013 (Act 16 of 2013);
(n)	any civil proceedings under section 17A(2) of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap. 322);
(o)	any civil proceedings under the Voluntary Sterilization Act (Cap. 347);
(p)	any civil or quasi-criminal proceedings under the Women’s Charter (Cap. 353); and
(q)	on or after the date specified under section 47(11), any civil proceedings under the Probate and Administration Act (Cap. 251);

“family support programme or activity” means any programme or activity carried out for the purpose of addressing or resolving any relationship issue or relationship problem between spouses or former spouses, between siblings or between parent and child;

“Judge” means the Chief Justice, a Judge of the High Court or a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court, and includes a Judge of Appeal sitting in the High Court;

“judicial officer” means a District Judge or Magistrate who is designated as a judge of the Family Court or a judge of the Youth Court, or a Registrar;

“Magistrate” means a Magistrate appointed under section 10(1) of the State Courts Act;

“officer”, in relation to the Family Justice Courts, means a person who is attached to the Family Justice Courts under section 17;

“registered medical practitioner” means a registered medical practitioner under the Medical Registration Act (Cap. 174) who has in force a practising certificate granted under that Act;

“Registrar” means the registrar, the deputy registrar or any assistant registrar of the Family Justice Courts;

“Rules of Court” means the Rules of Court made under the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap. 322) and any other written law by the Rules Committee constituted under section 80(3) of that Act;

“Tribunal for the Maintenance of Parents” means the Tribunal for the Maintenance of Parents established under section 13 of the Maintenance of Parents Act.

(2) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to the general supervisory and revisionary jurisdiction of the High Court shall be construed as a reference to the general supervisory and revisionary jurisdiction of the High Court under section 27 of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act, and includes a reference to all powers exercisable by the High Court under sections 23 to 28 of that Act.