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Courts - General Division and State Courts
Validity of originating claim or originating application for service in Singapore
3 months
Calculable
Time runs from
Date of issue of the originating claim or originating application
Rule
Rules of Court 2021 (S 914/2021), Order 6, Rule 3(1)(b); scope exclusion at Order 6, Rule 3(6) applies to paragraphs (1) AND (4)
The trigger day counts as day one
Courts - General Division and State Courts
Validity of originating process for service out of Singapore
6 months
Calculable
Time runs from
Date of issue of the originating claim or originating application to be served out of Singapore
Rule
Rules of Court 2021 (S 914/2021), Order 6, Rule 3(1)(a), as substituted by rule 3 of the Rules of Court (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S 780/2023) with effect from 1 December 2023
Time runs from the day after the trigger
Courts - General Division and State Courts
Extension of validity of originating process (cap)
3 months
Needs checking
Time runs from
Day next following the day on which the originating process would otherwise expire
Rule
Rules of Court 2021 (S 914/2021), Order 6, Rule 3(3) and (4)
Time runs from the day after the trigger
One period cannot express this provision faithfully. Check the cited rule.
Courts - General Division and State Courts
Reasonable steps to serve originating claim in Singapore
14 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Issue of the originating claim
Rule
Rules of Court 2021 (S 914/2021), Order 6, Rule 5(6)
Time runs from the day after the trigger
Courts - General Division and State Courts
Reasonable steps to serve originating claim out of Singapore
28 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Issue of the originating claim
Rule
Rules of Court 2021 (S 914/2021), Order 6, Rule 5(7)
Time runs from the day after the trigger
Courts - General Division and State Courts
Reasonable steps to serve originating application in Singapore
14 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Issue of the originating application
Rule
Rules of Court 2021 (S 914/2021), Order 6, Rule 11(4)
Time runs from the day after the trigger
Courts - General Division and State Courts
Reasonable steps to serve originating application out of Singapore
28 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Issue of the originating application
Rule
Rules of Court 2021 (S 914/2021), Order 6, Rule 11(5)
Time runs from the day after the trigger
Courts - General Division and State Courts
Service of statement of claim where originating claim generally endorsed
14 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Service of the originating claim
Rule
Rules of Court 2021 (S 914/2021), Order 6, Rule 5(5)
Time runs from the day after the trigger
Courts - General Division and State Courts
Effecting substituted service after order
14 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Date of the order for substituted service
Rule
Rules of Court 2021 (S 914/2021), Order 7, Rule 7(3)
Time runs from the day after the trigger
Courts - General Division and State Courts
Notice of intention to contest or not contest (served in Singapore)
14 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Service of the statement of claim on the defendant
Rule
Rules of Court 2021 (S 914/2021), Order 6, Rule 6(1)
Time runs from the day after the trigger
Courts - General Division and State Courts
Notice of intention to contest or not contest (served out of Singapore)
21 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Service of the statement of claim on the defendant
Rule
Rules of Court 2021 (S 914/2021), Order 6, Rule 6(2)
Time runs from the day after the trigger
Courts - General Division and State Courts
Defence to originating claim (served in Singapore)
21 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Service of the statement of claim on the defendant
Rule
Rules of Court 2021 (S 914/2021), Order 6, Rule 7(1)
Time runs from the day after the trigger
Courts - General Division and State Courts
Defence to originating claim (served out of Singapore)
35 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Service of the statement of claim on the defendant
Rule
Rules of Court 2021 (S 914/2021), Order 6, Rule 7(2)
Time runs from the day after the trigger
Courts - General Division and State Courts
Defence to counterclaim
14 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Service of the defence and counterclaim on the claimant
Rule
Rules of Court 2021 (S 914/2021), Order 6, Rule 9(1)
Time runs from the day after the trigger
Courts - General Division and State Courts
Defendant's affidavit in originating application (served in Singapore)
21 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Service of the claimant's originating application and affidavit on the defendant
Rule
Rules of Court 2021 (S 914/2021), Order 6, Rule 12(1)
Time runs from the day after the trigger
Courts - General Division and State Courts
Defendant's affidavit in originating application (served out of Singapore)
35 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Service of the claimant's originating application and affidavit on the defendant
Rule
Rules of Court 2021 (S 914/2021), Order 6, Rule 12(2)
Time runs from the day after the trigger
Courts - General Division and State Courts
First case conference (defendant served in Singapore)
56 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Issue of the originating claim or originating application
Rule
Rules of Court 2021 (S 914/2021), Order 9, Rule 1(1)(a)
Time runs from the day after the trigger
Courts - General Division and State Courts
First case conference (service out of Singapore)
84 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Issue of the originating claim or originating application
Rule
Rules of Court 2021 (S 914/2021), Order 9, Rule 1(1)(b)
Time runs from the day after the trigger
Courts - General Division and State Courts
Application challenging the jurisdiction of the Court
14 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Date of the case conference at which the objection to jurisdiction is raised
Rule
Rules of Court 2021 (S 914/2021), Order 9, Rule 7(2)(a)
Time runs from the day after the trigger
Courts - General Division and State Courts
Claimant's affidavit in reply on jurisdiction challenge
14 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Expiry of the defendant's 14-day period for filing and serving the jurisdiction application
Rule
Rules of Court 2021 (S 914/2021), Order 9, Rule 7(2)(b)
Time runs from the day after the trigger
Courts - General Division and State Courts
Single application pending trial and supporting affidavit
21 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Date of the case conference at which the single application pending trial is directed
Rule
Rules of Court 2021 (S 914/2021), Order 9, Rule 9(5)
Time runs from the day after the trigger
Courts - General Division and State Courts
Affidavit in reply to single application pending trial
21 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Expiry of the 21-day period for the applying party to file and serve the single application pending trial
Rule
Rules of Court 2021 (S 914/2021), Order 9, Rule 9(5)
Time runs from the day after the trigger
Courts - General Division and State Courts
Service of summons and supporting affidavit before hearing
14 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Hearing of the summons
Rule
Rules of Court 2021 (S 914/2021), Order 3, Rule 5(4)
Time runs from the day after the trigger
Courts - General Division and State Courts
Affidavit opposing a summons
14 days
Calculable
Time runs from
Service of the application and supporting affidavit on the responding party
Rule
Rules of Court 2021 (S 914/2021), Order 3, Rule 5(5)
Time runs from the day after the trigger
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3 months from Date of issue of the originating claim or originating application
Rules of Court 2021 (S 914/2021), Order 6, Rule 3(1)(b); scope exclusion at Order 6, Rule 3(6) applies to paragraphs (1) AND (4)Binding
Runs from issue, and "beginning with" the date of issue, so the issue date is included in this particular period. An originating process is deemed issued when the Registrar numbers, signs, seals and dates it (O. 6, r. 2). Paragraph (1) does not apply to an originating claim relating to Admiralty causes and matters (O. 6, r. 3(6)). Corrected on verification: Citation, trigger an
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