Revocation, transitional provisions and application (P. 1, r. 2)
2.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Rule, revoke the Family Justice Rules 2014 (G.N. No. S 813/2014) (called the revoked Rules).
(2) Subject to this Rule, these Rules apply to and in relation to all civil proceedings and all quasi‑criminal proceedings in the Family Division, the Family Courts and the Youth Courts which are commenced on or after 15 October 2024, including appeals arising from those proceedings.
(3) Despite paragraph (1) and subject to paragraph (4) and any other provision in these Rules, the revoked Rules as in force immediately before 15 October 2024 continue to apply to and in relation to —
(a)
any proceedings commenced in the Family Division, a Family Court or a Youth Court before 15 October 2024;
(b)
any application for an order for financial relief under section 121B of the Women’s Charter 1961 made on or after 15 October 2024, where the leave of the court under section 121D of that Act to make the application was granted before that date;
(c)
any proceedings to which the revoked Rules apply under the Family Justice (Probate and Other Matters) Rules 2024 (G.N. No. S 723/2024); and
(d)
any appeal heard by the Family Division arising from any proceedings in a Family Court or Youth Court mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a), (b) or (c).
(4) These Rules apply to and in relation to —
(a)
any application to vary, rescind or set aside any judgment or order made in any civil proceedings under Part 10 of the Women’s Charter 1961 disposing of all claims in those proceedings, where —
(i)
the proceedings in which the judgment or order was made commenced before 15 October 2024; and
(ii)
the application to vary, rescind or set aside the judgment or order is made on or after 15 October 2024; and
(b)
any appeal heard by the Family Division against a decision of a Family Court which was made in relation to an application mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a).
(5) Unless otherwise provided in these Rules, the following provisions of the Rules of Court 2021 (G.N. No. S 914/2021) apply, with the necessary modifications, to and in relation to all proceedings mentioned in paragraph (2):
Order 29
Order 29A
Order 31
Order 54
Order 69
Order 70.
(6) Despite any provision in these Rules providing that the revoked Rules are to apply to certain proceedings, the Court may direct that the provisions of Part 1, Rule 12, Part 7, Rule 11 and Part 25, Rule 3(2) are to apply with suitable modifications to those proceedings.
(7) These Rules (except Part 26) do not apply to —
(a)
any criminal proceedings in a Youth Court;
(b)
any proceedings under —
(i)
the Inheritance (Family Provision) Act 1966;
(ii)
the Intestate Succession Act 1967;
(iii)
the Legitimacy Act 1934;
(iv)
the Probate and Administration Act 1934; or
(v)
the Wills Act 1838;
(c)
any appeal arising from proceedings in sub‑paragraph (a) or (b); and
(d)
any appeal against a decision of the Family Division which is heard in the Court of Appeal or Appellate Division.
