On 26/05/2013,
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incorporating all amendments published on or before 26/05/2013.
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19.
—(1) A District Court exercising civil jurisdiction shall be a court of record.
(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a District Court shall have the civil jurisdiction conferred by the following sections of this Part.
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(3) A District Court shall have the jurisdiction in sections 20, 21, 25, 26 and 29 where —
(a)
the defendant is served with a writ or other originating process —
(i)
in Singapore in the manner prescribed by Rules of Court; or
(ii)
outside Singapore in the circumstances authorised by and in the manner prescribed by Rules of Court; or
(b)
the defendant submits to the jurisdiction of a District Court.
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(4) A District Court’s jurisdiction conferred by the following sections of this Part shall not include any jurisdiction expressly excluded by any other written law.
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(5) A District Court’s jurisdiction to hear and try any civil proceeding which comes within the jurisdiction of the Syariah Court constituted under the Administration of Muslim Law Act (Cap. 3) shall be the same as the High Court as if section 17A of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap. 322) applies to the District Court with the modification that any reference therein to the High Court shall be read as a reference to a District Court.
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(6) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), a District Court shall have such jurisdiction as is vested in it by any other written law.
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