Rules of Court (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2020

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 12 Jun 2020

No. S 458

Supreme Court of Judicature Act

(CHAPTER 322)

Rules of Court
(Amendment No. 3) Rules 2020

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 80 of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act and all other powers enabling us under any written law, we, the Rules Committee, make the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Rules of Court (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2020 and come into operation on 15 June 2020.

Amendment of Order 1

2. Order 1, Rule 9 of the Rules of Court (R 5) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the word “company” wherever it appears in paragraphs (1)(a)(i) and (b)(i) and (2)(a), the words “, variable capital company”;

(b)

by deleting the words “a company or a limited liability partnership, give leave for an officer of the company or limited liability partnership to act on behalf of the company or limited liability partnership in any relevant matter or proceeding to which the company or limited liability partnership” in paragraph (2) and substituting the words “a company, variable capital company or limited liability partnership, give leave for an officer of the company, variable capital company or limited liability partnership to act on behalf of the company, variable capital company or limited liability partnership in any relevant matter or proceeding to which the company, variable capital company or limited liability partnership”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the word “company,” wherever it appears in paragraph (4)(a)(i), (ii) and (iii), (b) and (c), the words “variable capital company,”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the word “company” wherever it appears in paragraph (a) of the definition of “officer” in paragraph (6), the words “or variable capital company”; and

(e)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “registered trade union” in paragraph (6) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:

“ “variable capital company” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Variable Capital Companies Act 2018 (Act 44 of 2018).”.

[G.N. Nos. S 299/2014; S 390/2014; S 671/2014; S 714/2014; S 753/2014; S 850/2014; S 175/2015; S 278/2015; S 756/2015; S 235/2016; S 474/2016; S 105/2017; S 322/2017; S 543/2017; S 51/2018; S 183/2018; S 697/2018; S 850/2018; S 707/2019; S 773/2019; S 35/2020; S 220/2020]

Made on 3 June 2020.

SUNDARESH MENON

Chief Justice.

LUCIEN WONG

Attorney-General.

TAY YONG KWANG

Judge of Appeal.

STEVEN CHONG

Judge of Appeal.

BELINDA ANG SAW EAN

Judge.

QUENTIN LOH

Judge.

VINODH COOMARASWAMY

Judge.

VINCENT HOONG SENG LEI

Presiding Judge of the State Courts.

JAMES LEONG

District Judge.

FRANCIS XAVIER, SC

Advocate and Solicitor.

KUAH BOON THENG, SC

Advocate and Solicitor.

[SUPCT.RNJ.009.0203; AG/LEGIS/SL/322/2015/1 Vol. 15]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 80(6) of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act).

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