No. S 258
Supreme Court of Judicature Act
(Chapter 322)
Rules of Court (Amendment) Rules 2003
In exercise of the powers conferred on us by section 80 of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act and all other powers enabling us under any written law, we, the Rules Committee, hereby make the following Rules:
Citation and commencement
1.—(1)  These Rules may be cited as the Rules of Court (Amendment) Rules 2003 and shall come into operation on 1st June 2003.
(2)  Rule 2 shall apply to any cause or matter where hearing fees are payable under Order 90A, Rule 1(2) on or after 1st June 2003.
Amendment of Order 90A
2.  Order 90A, Rule 1 of the Rules of Court (R 5) is amended by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraph:
(1)  The following fees shall be payable for any cause or matter for hearing:
(a)before a District Judge or a Magistrate in open Court, including applications (interlocutory or otherwise) fixed for hearing in open Court on special hearing dates; and
(b)before a Judge in the High Court in open Court and applications (interlocutory or otherwise) fixed for hearing in chambers or in open Court on special hearing dates:
FEES
 
 
 
 
District Court
 
 
 
Magistrate’s Court
 
Document on which the stamp is to be affixed
 
 
$
 
$
 
 
For each day or part thereof after the first day
 
500
 
250
 
Praecipe.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
High Court
 
High Court
 
 
 
 
With value of up to $1 million
 
With value of more than $1 million
 
Document on which the stamp is to be affixed
 
 
$
 
$
 
 
(a) For the whole or part of the fourth day
 
6,000
 
9,000
 
Praecipe.
(b) For the whole or part of the fifth day
 
2,000
 
3,000
 
Praecipe.
(c) For each day or part thereof of the sixth to tenth days
 
3,000
 
5,000
 
Praecipe.
(d) For each day or part thereof subsequent to
the above
 
5,000
 
7,000
 
Praecipe.”.
[G.N. Nos. S 612/2001; S 142/2002; S 150/2002; S 229/2002; S565/2002; S 615/2002; S 113/2003]

Made this 20th day of May 2003.

YONG PUNG HOW
Chief Justice.
Attorney-General
.
CHAO HICK TIN
Judge of Appeal.
LAI KEW CHAI
Judge.
JUDITH PRAKASH
Judge.
TAN LEE MENG
Judge.
WOO BIH LI
Judicial Commissioner.
RICHARD R. MAGNUS
Senior District Judge.
LAU WING YUM
District Judge.
MICHAEL KHOO KAH LIP
Advocate and Solicitor.
R.E. MARTIN
Advocate and Solicitor.
[RSCS R7/7; AG/LEG/SL/322/2001/1 Vol. 2]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 80(6) of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act).