Rules of Court (Amendment) Rules 2006 - Singapore Statutes Online

No. S 637

Supreme Court of Judicature Act

(Chapter 322)

Rules of Court (Amendment) Rules 2006

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 2006 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2007.

(2) The provisions of Order 3, Rule 4 of the Rules of Court (R 5) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) as amended by item (2) in the First Schedule to these Rules shall apply to any order or direction requiring the service, filing or amendment of any pleading or other document only if that order or direction is made by the Court on or after 1st January 2007.

(3) The provisions of Order 25, Rule 3 of the principal Rules as amended by item (8)(a) in the First Schedule to these Rules shall apply only in the case where the Court makes an order on or after 1st January 2007 requiring the parties to the proceedings to exchange affidavits of their evidence-in-chief.

(4) The provisions of Order 26, Rule 2 of the principal Rules as amended by item (9) in the First Schedule to these Rules shall apply only in relation to interrogatories served on or after 1st January 2007.

(5) The provisions of Order 59, Rule 19 of the principal Rules as amended by item (15)(a) in the First Schedule to these Rules shall apply only in relation to hearings concluded on or after 1st January 2007.

(6) The provisions of Order 69, Rule 7 of the principal Rules as amended by item (17) in the First Schedule to these Rules shall apply only in relation to applications filed on or after 1st January 2007 for leave to appeal.

(7) The provisions of Order 71, Rule 5 of the principal Rules as amended by item (19)(b)(i) in the First Schedule to these Rules shall apply only in relation to applications made on or after 1st January 2007 for a grant under the Probate and Administration Act (Cap. 251).

(8) Form 38 in the principal Rules as amended by rule 3(a) of these Rules and the Second Schedule thereto shall apply only in relation to affidavits (for the verification of lists of documents) filed on or after 1st January 2007 under Order 24, Rule 1 of the principal Rules.

Amendment of Orders

2. The provisions of the principal Rules specified in the first column of the First Schedule are amended in the manner set out in the second column thereof.

Amendment of Appendix A

3. Appendix A of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)	by deleting Form 38 and substituting the new Form 38 as set out in the Second Schedule;
(b)	by inserting, immediately after Form 45, the new Form 45A as set out in the Third Schedule;
(c)	by deleting Forms 62 and 121 to 135;
(d)	by deleting Form 88 and substituting the new Form 88 as set out in the Fourth Schedule;
(e)	by deleting Form 173 and substituting the new Form 173 as set out in the Fifth Schedule; and
(f)	by inserting, immediately after Form 219, the new Form 219A as set out in the Sixth Schedule.

Amendment of Appendix B

4. Appendix B of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “, and on answering and setting down the originating summons for hearing in Court” in item 43;

(b)

by deleting item 70 and substituting the following item:

“

No.

Items

——————— Fees ———————

Document on which stamp is to be affixed 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

70.—(1)

On filing an Appellant’s Case (O. 69)

600

—

The Case.

(2)

On filing a Respondent’s Case (O. 69)

300

—

The Case.

(3)

On filing an Amended Appellant’s Case or an Amended Respondent’s Case (O. 69)

200

—

The Amended Case.

”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the words “To be paid to” under the heading “Document on which stamp is to be affixed and remarks” in item 71(1)(b), the word “the”;

(d)

by deleting item 71A; and

(e)

by deleting the words “, and setting down the originating summons for hearing in Court” in item 131.

Made this 22nd day of November 2006.

CHAN SEK KEONG

Chief Justice.

CHAO HICK TIN

Attorney-General.

JUDITH PRAKASH

Judge.

TAN LEE MENG

Judge.

WOO BIH LI

Judge.

TAY YONG KWANG

Judge.

RICHARD R. MAGNUS

Senior District Judge.

TOH HAN LI

District Judge.

DAVINDER SINGH

Advocate and Solicitor.

PHILIP JEYARETNAM

Advocate and Solicitor.

[RSCS R7/7 Vol. 12; AG/LEG/SL/322/2005/4 Vol. 1]

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

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