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Small Claims Tribunals Act

(Chapter 308, Section 44)

Small Claims Tribunals Rules

R 1

G.N. No. S 21/1985

REVISED EDITION 1998

(1st March 1998)

[15th January 1985]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation

1. These Rules may be cited as the Small Claims Tribunals Rules.

Application of Rules

2.—(1) These Rules apply to all proceedings under the Act.

(1A) The Rules of Court (Cap. 322, R 5) do not apply to the following:

(a)	any proceedings before a tribunal or the Registrar;
(b)	any procedure for proceedings in a District Court or the General Division of the High Court (arising from an order of a tribunal) for which provision is made in these Rules. [S 1040/2020 wef 02/01/2021]

[S 710/2019 wef 01/11/2019]

(2) Paragraph (1A)(a) does not affect the application of Order 52 of the Rules of Court (Cap. 322, R 5) to committal proceedings before a tribunal.

[S 545/2017 wef 01/10/2017]

[S 710/2019 wef 01/11/2019]

Definitions

3. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —

“ACRA” means the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority established under section 3 of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act (Cap. 2A);

“appropriate Form”, in relation to any purpose for which a specific form is required to be used, means the current version of the specific form for that purpose set out on the Internet website of the electronic system or in the practice directions;

[S 710/2019 wef 01/11/2019]

“CorpPass” means the identity authentication service, known as Singapore Corporate Access, by which an entity authenticates its identity in order to carry out an online transaction with the Government or a statutory board;

“CorpPass credential” means any username, password or 2‑factor authentication detail required to authenticate, using CorpPass, the identity of an entity;

“electronic system” means the electronic filing and case management system established under rule 8A(1);

[Deleted by S 710/2019 wef 01/11/2019]

“messaging system” means any system that enables the transmission of short text messages or electronic mail —

(a)	from a digital mobile telephone to another digital mobile telephone; or
(b)	from an electronic mail address to a digital mobile phone, and the other way around;

“practice directions” means the practice directions issued by the Registrar under rule 4A;

“SingPass” means the identity authentication service, known as Singapore Personal Access, by which an individual authenticates the individual’s identity in order to carry out an online transaction with the Government or a statutory board;

“SingPass credential” means any username, password or 2‑factor authentication detail required to authenticate, using SingPass, the identity of an individual.

[S 321/2017 wef 10/07/2017]

Forms and documents

4.—(1) Every form or document relating to proceedings before a tribunal must be submitted through the electronic system, unless —

(a)	it is a claim; or
(b)	the Registrar directs otherwise.

[S 710/2019 wef 01/11/2019]

(2) For the purposes of section 15(6) of the Act, the Registrar may permit a claim to be lodged by submitting the claim through the electronic system.

(3) Every form must contain such particulars, and be accompanied by such documents, as may be specified by the tribunal, by the Registrar or in the form.

[S 710/2019 wef 01/11/2019]

(4) Any form set out in the electronic system or the practice directions may be used in any particular case with such variations as the circumstances of that case require.

[S 321/2017 wef 10/07/2017]

[S 710/2019 wef 01/11/2019]

Practice directions

4A. The Registrar may issue practice directions for the purposes of these Rules, and for any proceedings to which these Rules relate.

[S 321/2017 wef 10/07/2017]

[G.N. Nos. S 21/85; S 454/92; S 32/93; S 320/97]

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