s 17 Civil jurisdiction — specific
17.—(1) Without limiting section 16, the civil jurisdiction of the General Division includes —(a) jurisdiction under any written law relating to divorce and matrimonial causes; (b) jurisdiction under any written law relating to matters of admiralty; (c) jurisdiction under any written law relating to bankruptcy or to companies; (d) jurisdiction to appoint and control guardians of infants and generally over the persons and property of infants; (e) jurisdiction to appoint and control guardians and keepers of the persons and estates of idiots, mentally disordered persons and persons of unsound mind; (f) jurisdiction to grant probates of wills and testaments, letters of administration of the estates of deceased persons and to alter or revoke such grants; (g) jurisdiction under the Mediation Act 2017 to record a mediated settlement agreement made in a mediation, in relation to a dispute for which no proceedings have been commenced in a court, as an order of court; and (h) jurisdiction under the Singapore Convention on Mediation Act 2020 to grant the applications provided for in that Act in respect of international settlement agreements.[1/2017; 40/2019; 4/2020] (2) In this section —“international settlement agreement” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Singapore Convention on Mediation Act 2020; “mediated settlement agreement” and “mediation” have the meanings given by the Mediation Act 2017.[4/2020]