Variable Capital Companies (Winding Up) (Amendment) Rules 2022

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 18 Mar 2022

No. S 198

Variable Capital Companies Act 2018

Variable Capital Companies
(Winding Up) (Amendment)
Rules 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 164 of the Variable Capital Companies Act 2018 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 Variable Capital Companies (Winding Up) (Amendment) Rules 2022 and come into operation on 1 April 2022.

Miscellaneous amendments

2. The Variable Capital Companies (Winding Up) Rules 2020 (G.N. No. S 533/2020) are amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “applicant” in rule 3(1), the following definition:

“ “Assessing Master” means the Registrar or other officer of the Court whose duty it is to assess costs in the proceedings of the Court under its ordinary jurisdiction;”;

(b)

by deleting the definition of “Taxing Master” in rule 3(1);

(c)

by deleting the words “Originating summonses” in the following provision and substituting the words “Originating applications”:

Rule 8 (rule heading);

(d)

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

Rule 8(1) and (2)

Rule 12 and rule heading

Rule 18(1) and rule heading

Rule 19(1), (2), (3) and (4) and rule heading

Rule 24(1)

Rule 64(1);

(e)

by deleting the words “O.S. No.” in the following provision and substituting the words “O.A. No.”:

Rule 9(1);

(f)

by deleting the words “originating summonses” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “originating applications”:

Rule 14

Rule 15;

(g)

by deleting the word “plaintiff” in the following provision and substituting the word “claimant”:

Rule 24(3);

(h)

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

Rule 30(4)

Rule 61(1)

Rule 62(1)

Rule 75(f)

Rule 76(1), (4) and rule heading

Rule 146(1);

(i)

by deleting the word “subpoena” in the following provision and substituting the words “order to attend court, order to produce documents”:

Third Schedule (item 3);

(j)

by deleting the words “ex parte” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “without notice”:

Rule 40(1)

Rule 51(1)

Rule 52

Rule 53

Rule 55(1);

(k)

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

Rule 61(1);

(l)

by deleting the words “Taxing Master” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “Assessing Master”:

Rule 164

Rule 167

Rule 168

Rule 171

Rule 172

Rule 175(1) and (2);

(m)

by deleting the words “TAXATION OF COSTS” in the following provision and substituting the words “ASSESSMENT OF COSTS”:

Part 32 (Part heading);

(n)

by deleting the word “Taxation” in the following provision and substituting the word “Assessment”:

Rule 167 (rule heading);

(o)

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

Rule 167

Rule 170 and rule heading

Rule 171 and rule heading

Rule 172

Rule 175(1) and (3)

Rule 197(2);

(p)

by deleting the word “tax” wherever it appears in the following provision and substituting in each case the word “assess”:

Rule 168 and rule heading;

(q)

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

Rule 169

Rule 175(1); and

(r)

by deleting the words “ “O.S. No.” ” in the following provision and substituting the words “ “O.A. No.” ”:

First Schedule (paragraph 3, second column).

[G.N. No. S 1038/2020]

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/341A/2020/3 Vol. 1]

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