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- accordance with section 8C(1) as in force immediately before that date.”.
Related amendments to State Courts Act
42. Section 3 of the State Courts Act (Cap. 321, 2007 Ed.) is amended—
- (a) by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections:
- “(1) There are within Singapore the following subordinate courts called the State Courts:
- (a) District Courts;
- (b) Magistrates’ Courts;
- (c) Coroners’ Courts;
- (d) Small Claims Tribunals;
- (e) Employment Claims Tribunals.
- (1A) The District Courts and Magistrates’ Courts have such jurisdiction as is conferred by this Act and any other written law.”; and
- “(1) There are within Singapore the following subordinate courts called the State Courts:
- (b) by inserting, immediately after subsection (4), the following subsection:
- “(5) The Employment Claims Tribunals have such jurisdiction as is conferred by the Employment Claims Act 2016 and any other written law.”.
Saving and transitional provision
43. For a period of 2 years after the date of commencement of any provision of this Act, the Minister may, by regulations, prescribe such additional provisions of a saving or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of that provision as that Minister may consider necessary or expedient.
