Supreme Court of Judicature (Singapore Convention on Mediation) (Amendment) Rules 2022

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 18 Mar 2022

No. S 189

Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969

Supreme Court of Judicature
(Singapore Convention on Mediation)
(Amendment) Rules 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 80 of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969 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 Supreme Court of Judicature (Singapore Convention on Mediation) (Amendment) Rules 2022 and come into operation on 1 April 2022.

Amendment of rule 3

2. Rule 3 of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Singapore Convention on Mediation) Rules 2020 (G.N. No. S 761/2020) (called in these Rules the principal Rules) is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “Rules of Court (R 5)” and substituting the words “Rules of Court 2021”; and
(b)	by deleting the words “Rules of Court” in the rule heading and substituting the words “Rules of Court 2021”.

Amendment of rule 4

3. Rule 4(4) of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “Order 11, Rules 3, 4 and 6 of the Rules of Court” and substituting the words “Order 8, Rules 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Rules of Court 2021”.

Amendment of rule 6

4. Rule 6(3) of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “Order 11, Rules 3, 4 and 6 of the Rules of Court” and substituting the words “Order 8, Rules 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Rules of Court 2021”.

Miscellaneous amendments

5. The principal Rules are amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “leave” wherever it appears in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “permission”:

Rule 4(1)(a), (2) and (3)

Rule 6(1), (2), (3), (6) and (7)

Rule 7(1) and (3) and rule heading;

(b)

by deleting the words “originating summons” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “originating application”:

Rule 4(1), (2) and (4)

Rule 7(2)(d); and

(c)

by deleting the words “ex parte” in the following provision and substituting the words “without notice”:

Rule 6(1).

[G.N. No. S 1036/2020]

Made on 8 March 2022.

SUNDARESH MENON

Chief Justice.

LUCIEN WONG

Attorney-General.

TAY YONG KWANG

Justice of the Court of Appeal.

STEVEN CHONG

Justice of the Court of Appeal.

BELINDA ANG SAW EAN

Judge of the Appellate Division.

QUENTIN LOH

Judge of the Appellate Division.

VINODH COOMARASWAMY

Judge.

VINCENT HOONG SENG LEI

Presiding Judge of the State Courts.

CHRISTOPHER TAN PHENG WEE

District Judge and Registrar of the State Courts.

SIRAJ OMAR, SC

Advocate and Solicitor.

CHAN TAI-HUI JASON, SC

Advocate and Solicitor.

[SUPCT.RJW.009.0000; AG/LEGIS/SL/322/2020/4 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 80(6) of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969).

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