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NO. 27 OF 2014


Consequential amendment to Community Mediation Centres Act

53. Section 18(3) of the Community Mediation Centres Act (Cap. 49A, 1998 Ed.) is amended by deleting the definition of “registrar” and substituting the following definition:

“ “registrar” means—
(a) the Registrar, the Deputy Registrar or an Assistant Registrar of the Supreme Court, in any case where proceedings are taken in the High Court (other than the Family Division thereof) or the Court of Appeal;
(b) the registrar, the deputy registrar or an assistant registrar of the Family Justice Courts, in any case where proceedings are taken in the Family Division of the High Court, a Family Court or a Youth Court; or
(c) the registrar or a deputy registrar of the State Courts, in any case where proceedings are taken in a State Court.”.

Consequential and related amendments to Criminal Procedure Code

54. The Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68, 2012 Ed.) is amended—

(a) by inserting, immediately after the words “High Court,” in the definition of “court” in section 2(1), the words “a Family Court, a Youth Court,”; and
(b) by deleting the words “Juvenile Court” wherever they appear in section 305(2) and substituting in each case the words “Youth Court”.

Consequential amendment to Diplomatic and Consular Relations Act

55. Section 5(7) of the Diplomatic and Consular Relations Act (Cap. 82A, 2006 Ed.) is amended by deleting the words “a judge or