Rules of Court (Amendment) Rules 2017

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 22 Mar 2017

No. S 105

Supreme Court of Judicature Act

(CHAPTER 322)

Rules of Court (Amendment) Rules 2017

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, make the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Rules of Court (Amendment) Rules 2017 and come into operation on 1 April 2017.

Amendment of Order 52

2. Order 52 of the Rules of Court (R 5) is amended by inserting, immediately after Rule 9, the following Rule:

“Committal proceedings before Employment Claims Tribunal (O. 52, r. 10)

10.—(1) This Order (except Rule 5(1) and (2)) applies to committal proceedings before a tribunal.

(2) For the purposes of applying this Order to committal proceedings before a tribunal, unless the context otherwise requires —

(a)	any reference to a Court is a reference to a tribunal or a tribunal magistrate; and
(b)	any reference to a Judge is a reference to a tribunal magistrate.

(3) In this Rule —

“tribunal” means a State Court called an Employment Claims Tribunal constituted under section 4 of the State Courts Act (Cap. 321);

“tribunal magistrate” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Employment Claims Act 2016 (Act 21 of 2016).”.

Amendment of Appendix B

3. Appendix B of the Rules of Court is amended by inserting, immediately after item 111, the following items:

“

No.

Items

----------------------------Fees----------------------------

Document to be stamped and remarks

Supreme Court

With value of up to $1 million

Supreme Court

With value of more than $1 million

District Court

Magistrate’s Court

Enforcing settlement agreement registered under section 7(2) of Employment Claims Act 2016 (Act 21 of 2016) or order of Employment Claims Tribunal

112.

On sealing every writ of execution for enforcing a settlement agreement registered under section 7(2) of the Employment Claims Act 2016 or an order of an Employment Claims Tribunal.

The filed copy.

113.

On sealing, issuing, entering or filing any originating summons, summons, order of Court or document in relation to the enforcement of a settlement agreement registered under section 7(2) of the Employment Claims Act 2016 or an order of an Employment Claims Tribunal.

The filed copy.

114.

On marking a writ of execution for renewal or filing an amended writ of execution.

The filed copy.

”.

[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]

Made on 15 March 2017.

SUNDARESH MENON

Chief Justice.

LUCIEN WONG

Attorney-General.

TAY YONG KWANG

Judge of Appeal.

BELINDA ANG SAW EAN

Judge.

QUENTIN LOH

Judge.

STEVEN CHONG

Judge.

VINODH COOMARASWAMY

Judge.

SEE KEE OON

Presiding Judge of the State Courts.

TAN PUAY BOON

District Judge.

CAVINDER BULL, SC

Advocate and Solicitor.

ANG CHENG HOCK, SC

Advocate and Solicitor.

[SUPCT.RJW.013.0101; AG/LEGIS/SL/322/2015/1 Vol. 6]

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

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