General provision as to rules
s 185
185. All rules made under the provisions of this Act must be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.[40/2014]
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Offices of Institute and Society
s 186
186.—(1) The Institute and the Society must each at all times keep and maintain an office and the address of the office and any change thereof must be published by the Institute and the Council respectively in the Gazette.[8/2011; 40/2014] (2) All writs, plaints, notices, pleadings, orders, summonses, warrants or other written communications required or authorised or ordered to be served on or delivered or sent to the Institute, the Society or the Council are deemed to be duly served, delivered or sent if left at the office of the Institute or the Society, as the case may be.[8/2011]
Service of documents
s 187
187.—(1) Any document, other than process of court that is required to be served or delivered under this Act, may be sent by post.[40/2014] (2) A certificate in writing signed by an officer of the Society or the Institute, a member of the Council or a member of the Board of Directors of the Institute that that document was properly addressed and posted and setting out the date of its posting is prima facie evidence of service thereof.[8/2011] (3) Any document addressed to an advocate and solicitor at his or her only or principal address last appearing in the register of practitioners is deemed to be properly addressed.
Recovery of moneys by Institute and Society
s 188
188. In addition to any other method of recovery and to any other right, remedy or power vested in the Institute or in the Society or the Council —(a) any sum of money payable to the Institute under this Act may be recovered by the Institute as a debt in any court of competent jurisdiction; and (b) any sum of money payable to the Society or the Council under this Act may be recovered by the Society as a debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.[8/2011; 40/2014]
Rules Committee to prescribe certain fees and costs
s 189
189. The Rules Committee may, from time to time, make rules to prescribe —(a) the fees payable under sections 11D(3), 15(7), 16(3), 18(3)(b), 25(1)(e) and 93(6); and[Act 37 of 2023 wef 17/07/2024] (b) the costs mentioned in section 121(1) and (2).[8/2011; 40/2014]
Relief to banks
s 190
190.—(1) Subject to this section, no bank shall, in connection with any transaction on account of any solicitor or law corporation or limited liability law partnership kept with it or with any other bank (other than an account kept by a solicitor as trustee for a specified beneficiary), incur any liability or be under any obligation to make any inquiry, or be deemed to have any knowledge of any right of any person to any money paid or credited to any such account, which it would not incur or be under or be deemed to have in the case of an account kept by a person entitled absolutely to all the money paid or credited to it.[40/2014] (2) Nothing in subsection (1) relieves a bank from any liability or obligation under which it would be apart from section 73 or this section. (3) Despite subsection (1), a bank at which a solicitor or law corporation or limited liability law partnership keeps an account for clients’ moneys does not, in respect of any liability of the solicitor or law corporation or limited liability law partnership to the bank, not being a liability in connection with that account, have or obtain any recourse or right, whether by way of set‑off, counterclaim, charge or otherwise, against moneys standing to the credit of that account.
Jurisdiction of court
s 191
191. Despite any provision to the contrary in the Criminal Procedure Code 2010, a District Court has jurisdiction to try any offence under this Act and has power to impose the full penalty or punishment in respect of the offence.[40/2014]
Interlocutory applications in certain proceedings
s 192
192. Despite anything in this Act, any interlocutory application in proceedings under this Act before a court of 3 Supreme Court Judges may be decided without hearing oral arguments.[Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022]
Rules for certain proceedings
s 193
193.—(1) The Rules Committee may make rules regulating and prescribing the procedure and practice to be followed in proceedings under this Act before a court of 3 Supreme Court Judges, including —(a) the fees and deposits payable for any such proceedings; and (b) any matter incidental to or relating to the procedure and practice to be followed in any such proceedings. (2) In the absence of any rule dealing with any point of procedure or practice made under subsection (1), the Rules of Court may be followed as nearly as the circumstances permit.[Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022]
Court of 3 Supreme Court Judges may conduct hearing through electronic means of communication
s 194
194.—(1) A court of 3 Supreme Court Judges may conduct the hearing of any matter or proceeding under this Act (other than a matter or proceeding prescribed by rules made under section 193(1) for the purpose of this subsection) through a live video link, a live television link, a live audio link or any other electronic means of communication approved by the Chief Justice. (2) Subsection (1) does not affect the operation of section 62A of the Evidence Act 1893. (3) A court of 3 Supreme Court Judges must not conduct any part of a hearing of a matter or proceeding through a live audio link only, without an accompanying live video link or live television link —(a) where oral evidence is given during that part of the hearing, unless all the parties consent; or (b) where the matter or proceeding is prescribed by rules made under section 193(1) for the purpose of this subsection. (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), a court of 3 Supreme Court Judges is not considered to have conducted a part of a hearing of a matter or proceeding through a live audio link only and without an accompanying live video link or live television link, by reason only of a temporary disruption in the accompanying live video link or live television link that was insignificant and which did not affect the court’s duty to conduct proceedings fairly. (5) A court of 3 Supreme Court Judges must not conduct a hearing of a matter or proceeding in the manner provided under subsection (1), if to do so would be inconsistent with the court’s duty to ensure that the hearing is conducted fairly to all parties. (6) To avoid doubt, a court of 3 Supreme Court Judges may conduct the hearing of any matter or proceeding in the manner provided under subsection (1) whether any Judge sitting in the court is situated in Singapore or outside Singapore; and the court is deemed to be sitting in Singapore even though any Judge sitting in the court is situated outside Singapore.[Act 37 of 2023 wef 14/06/2024]
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