Criminal Procedure Code |
Criminal Procedure Code (Electronic Filing and Service for State Courts and Youth Courts) Regulations 2013 |
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Citation and commencement |
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Procedure Code (Electronic Filing and Service for State Courts and Youth Courts) Regulations 2013 and shall come into operation on 19th July 2013. [S 145/2014 wef 07/03/2014] [S 647/2014 wef 01/10/2014] |
Application |
2. These Regulations shall apply only in relation to any criminal proceeding and any criminal matter in the District Court, Magistrate’s Court and Youth Court —
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Definitions |
3. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
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Establishment of electronic filing service |
Electronic filing service provider and superintendent |
5.—(1) The electronic filing service shall be operated by an electronic filing service provider appointed by the Registrar with the approval of the Chief Justice.
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Authorised user and authorised agent |
6.—(1) Any entity which is an authorised user may designate one or more of its officers or employees to be an authorised agent or authorised agents, in accordance with such procedure as may be required by the Registrar and on such terms and conditions as the Registrar thinks fit.
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Electronic filing |
7.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (4A), (4B) and (4C), every application or document referred to in regulation 4(1) must be filed, served, delivered or conveyed by an authorised user or an authorised agent using the electronic filing service in accordance with these Regulations and such other requirements as may be imposed by the Registrar. [S 506/2014 wef 31/07/2014]
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Signing of electronic documents |
8.—(1) Where any application or document is filed, served, delivered or conveyed using the electronic filing service, any requirement under the Code relating to the signing by, or the signature of, an authorised user or an authorised agent of an authorised user, shall be deemed to be complied with if the identification code of the authorised user or authorised agent has been applied to or associated with, directly or indirectly, the application or document or the transmission containing the application or document.
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Date of filing |
9.—(1) Where any application or document is filed, served, delivered or conveyed using the electronic filing service by an authorised user or an authorised agent of an authorised user, it shall be deemed to be filed, served, delivered or conveyed on the date and at the time that the first part of the electronic transmission of the application or document from the authorised user or authorised agent is received in the computer system of the court.
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Service of documents |
10.—(1) If a document —
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Applications and documents to comply with certain matters |
11.—(1) Every application or document must —
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Issuance of orders and other documents by court |
12.—(1) In any criminal proceeding or criminal matter to which these Regulations apply, a court may transmit or deliver, to any person who is an authorised user or an authorised agent, any order or document through the electronic filing service.
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Affidavits and statements |
13.—(1) Affidavits or conditioned statements which are filed in the court using the electronic filing service may be used in all proceedings to the same extent and for the same purposes as paper affidavits or conditioned statements filed in the court.
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Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Law, Singapore. |
[LAW 32/001/021 V1; AG/LLRD/SL/68/2010/21 Vol. 1] |