s 2 Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —“appeal” includes any proceedings by way of discharging or setting aside a judgment or an application for a new trial or stay of enforcement;[Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022] “country” includes a territory; “country of the original court” means the country in which the original court is situated; “Family Justice Rules” means the Family Justice Rules made under section 46 of the Family Justice Act 2014; “foreign country” means any country outside Singapore; “judgment” means an interlocutory or final judgment or order given or made by a court in any civil proceedings, or a judgment or order given or made by a court in any criminal proceedings for the payment of a sum of money in respect of compensation or damages to an injured party, and includes a consent judgment, a consent order and a judicial settlement; “judgment creditor” means the person in whose favour the judgment was given (whether or not a sum of money is payable under the judgment), and includes any person in whom the rights under the judgment have become vested by succession or assignment or otherwise; “judgment debtor” means the person against whom the judgment was given (whether or not a sum of money is payable under the judgment), and includes any person against whom the judgment is enforceable under the law of the original court; “judicial settlement” —(a) means a contract approved by, or concluded before, a court in the course of proceedings, being a contract —(i) between the parties to proceedings before that court; (ii) by which those parties end those proceedings; and (iii) that is recorded by that court in an official document; but (b) does not include a consent order or consent judgment; “money judgment” means a judgment under which a sum of money is payable, not being a sum payable in respect of taxes or other charges of a similar nature or in respect of a fine or other penalty; “non‑money judgment” means a judgment that is not a money judgment, but does not include a judgment under which a sum of money is payable in respect of taxes or other charges of a similar nature or in respect of a fine or other penalty; “original court”, in relation to any judgment, means the court by which the judgment was given; “prescribed” means prescribed by Rules of Court or Family Justice Rules; “registration” means registration under Part 1 and “register” and “registered” shall be construed accordingly; “registering court”, in relation to any judgment, means the court to which an application to register the judgment is made;[16/2016; 25/2019] [S 26/2022 wef 13/01/2022] “sub-fund” and “VCC” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Variable Capital Companies Act 2018.[S 26/2022 wef 13/01/2022] (2) For the purposes of this Act, “action in personam” shall not be deemed to include any matrimonial cause or any proceedings in connection with any of the following matters:(a) matrimonial matters; (b) administration of the estates of deceased persons; (c) bankruptcy; (d) winding up of companies, including VCCs and sub-funds of a VCC;[S 26/2022 wef 13/01/2022] (e) lunacy; (f) guardianship of infants. (3) A reference to the making or giving of a judgment, in the case of a judgment that is a judicial settlement, is a reference to the making or concluding of the contract in paragraph (a) of the definition of “judicial settlement” in subsection (1).[25/2019] (4) Subject to Rules of Court and Family Justice Rules, any of the powers conferred by this Act on any court may be exercised by a judge of the court.[16/2016]