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Supreme Court of Judicature Act
Rules of Court
R 5
G.N. No. S 71/1996
REVISED EDITION 1997
(26th September 1997)
[1st April 1996]
ORDER 1
CITATION, APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND FORMS
1. These Rules may be cited as the Rules of Court.
2.
—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Rule, the Rules of the Subordinate Courts [1993 Ed] and Rules of the Supreme Court [1990 Ed] are hereby repealed.
(2) The transitional provisions and savings set out in the Schedule to this Order shall have effect.
(3) Subject to this Rule, these Rules shall have effect in relation to all proceedings in the Supreme Court and Subordinate Courts, in so far as the matters to which these Rules relate are within the jurisdiction of those Courts and, unless the Court otherwise orders, apply to any pending proceedings therein.
(4) These Rules shall not have effect in relation to proceedings of the kinds specified in the first column of the following Table (being proceedings in respect of which rules may be made under the written law specified in the second column of that Table):
|
Proceedings |
Written Law |
|---|---|
1. Bankruptcy proceedings. | Bankruptcy Act (Chapter 20), s.166. |
2. Proceedings relating to the winding up of companies. | Companies Act (Chapter 50), s.410. |
3. Proceedings under Part IV of the Parliamentary Elections Act (Chapter 218). | Parliamentary Elections Act, s.100. |
4. Proceedings under Part I of the Mental Disorders and Treatment Act (Chapter 178). | Mental Disorders and Treatment Act, s.62. |
5. Proceedings under Part X of the Women’s Charter (Chapter 353) (except appeals to the Court of Appeal) | Women’s Charter, s.139. |
6. Criminal Proceedings. | Criminal Procedure Code (Chapter 68). |
(5) In the case of the proceedings mentioned in paragraph (4), nothing in that paragraph shall be taken as affecting any provision of any rules (whether made under the Act or any other written law) by virtue of which these Rules or any provisions thereof are applied in relation to any of those proceedings.
3. The Interpretation Act (Chapter 1) shall apply for the interpretation of these Rules as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
4.
—(1) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, namely:
“bailiff” includes the registrar, any clerk or other officer of the Court charged with the duties of a bailiff in the Subordinate Courts;
“cause book” means the book kept in the Registry in which the number of, and other details relating to, a cause or matter are entered;
“Civil Procedure Convention” includes any convention, treaty or agreement of any description or any provision thereof between different States relating to civil procedure in the court;
“folio” means 100 words, each figure being counted as one word;
“Form” means a form set out in Appendix A to these Rules, and a form so numbered in the Appendix;
“Judge” means a judge of the High Court or District Judge and includes, in cases where he is empowered to act, a Magistrate or the Registrar, as the case may require;
“officer” means an officer of the Supreme Court or Subordinate Courts;
“originating summons” means every summons other than a summons in a pending cause or matter;
“pleading” does not include a petition, summons or preliminary act;
“receiver” includes a manager or consignee;
“Registry” means the Registry of the Supreme Court or the Registry of the Subordinate Courts, as the case may be, and references to the Registrar shall be construed accordingly;
“scheduled territories” has the meaning assigned to it by the Exchange Control Act (Chapter 99);
“Sheriff” includes a bailiff of the Subordinate Courts;
“sign”, in relation to the signing of documents by the Registrar, includes the affixing of a facsimile signature;
“solicitor” has the same meaning as in the Legal Profession Act (Chapter 161);
“writ” means a writ of summons.
(2) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, “Court” means the High Court or any one or more Judges thereof or a District Court or District Judge, whether sitting in Court or in Chambers, and includes, in cases where he is empowered to act, a Magistrate or the Registrar; but the foregoing provision shall not be taken as affecting any provision of these Rules and, in particular, Order 32, Rule 9, by virtue of which the authority and jurisdiction of the Registrar is defined and regulated.
5.
—(1) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Rules to a specified Order, Rule or Appendix is a reference to that Order or Rule of, or that Appendix to these Rules and any reference to a specified Rule, paragraph or sub-paragraph is a reference to that Rule of the Order, that paragraph of the Rule, or that sub-paragraph of the paragraph, in which the reference occurs.
(2) Any reference in these Rules to anything done under a Rule of these Rules includes a reference to the same thing done before the commencement of that Rule under any corresponding Rule of Court ceasing to have effect on the commencement of that Rule.
(3) Except where the context otherwise requires, references in these Rules to any written law shall be construed as a reference to that written law as amended, extended or applied by or under any other written law.
6. Except where the context otherwise requires, references in these Rules to an action or claim for the possession of immovable property shall be construed as including references to proceedings against the Government for an order declaring that the plaintiff is entitled as against the Government to the immovable property or to the possession thereof.
7. The Forms in Appendix A to these Rules shall be used where applicable with such variations as the circumstances of the particular case require.