Amendment No. 2 of 2023 (Practice Directions 2021)

Amendments have been made to Part XIII, Appendix A1 and Appendix A2 of the State Courts Practice Directions 2021. The amendments are summarised below:

(1)  amendments to Practice Direction 97 on Seizure or attachment under an Enforcement Order;
(2)  amendments to Form 30 (Application for Records of Criminal Proceedings) of Appendix A1;
(3)  amendments to the following Forms of Appendix A2:
(a)  Form 88 (Order for Registration of Foreign Judgment / Commonwealth Judgment);
(b)  Form 90 (Certificate under the Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act); and
(4)  deletion of Form 89 (Certificate under the Reciprocal Enforcement of Commonwealth Judgments Act) of Appendix A2.

2     The amendments set out at sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) above will take effect on 1 March 2023 and will be reflected at https://epd-statecourts-2021.opendoc.gov.sg/ from 1 March 2023. The amendments at sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) will take effect on 6 March 2023 and will be reflected at https://epd-statecourts-2021.opendoc.gov.sg/ from 6 March 2023.

3     Please find attached a document reflecting the marked-up amendments to the Practice Directions 2021.

Dated this 27^th day of February 2023.