The following is issued on behalf of the Judiciary:
With effect from December 3, 2018, the civil jurisdictional limits of the District Court (DC) and the Small Claims Tribunal (SCT) will be increased as follows:
(a) increasing the general financial limit of the civil jurisdiction of the DC from $1 million to $3 million;
(b) increasing the financial limit for land matters of the DC from $240,000 to $320,000 in terms of the annual rent or the rateable value or the annual value of the land;
(c) increasing the limit for the equity jurisdiction of the DC where the proceedings do not involve or relate to land from $1 million to $3 million;
(d) increasing the limit for the equity jurisdiction of the DC where the proceedings wholly involve or relate to land from $3 million to $7 million; and
(e) increasing the limit for the SCT from $50,000 to $75,000.
On the same day, i.e. December 3, the fee schedule of filing of claims at the SCT will be amended as follows:
| Current range of claim amount |
Revised range of claim amount |
Fee ($) |
| for a claim that does not exceed $3,000 | for a claim that does not exceed $5,000 | 20 |
| for a claim that exceeds $3,000 but does not exceed $17,000 | for a claim that exceeds $5,000 but does not exceed $25,000 | 40 |
| for a claim that exceeds $17,000 but does not exceed $33,000 | for a claim that exceeds $25,000 but does not exceed $50,000 | 70 |
| for a claim that exceeds $33,000 but does not exceed $50,000 | for a claim that exceeds $50,000 but does not exceed $75,000 | 120 |
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