Jurisdiction

Court of Appeal

• All criminal appeals against decisions made by the General Division in the exercise of its original criminal jurisdiction.
• Prescribed categories of civil appeals and appeals that are made to the Court of Appeal under written law. The prescribed categories of civil appeals are set out in the Sixth Schedule of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act.

Appellate Division of the High Court

• Civil appeals that are not allocated to the Court of Appeal under the Sixth Schedule of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act.
• Any civil appeals or other processes that any written law provides are to be heard by the Appellate Division.
• It does not have criminal jurisdiction and does not hear criminal appeals.

General Division of the High Court

Both criminal and civil cases commenced in the General Division, which include:

• All criminal offences committed in Singapore, including those that are punishable with death or an imprisonment term exceeding 10 years.
• Civil cases where the value of the claim exceeds $250,000.

Matters which must be commenced in the General Division, which include:

• Admiralty matters.
• Company winding up and other insolvency-related proceedings.
• Bankruptcy proceedings.
• Applications for the admission of advocates and solicitors.

Appeals and other matters such as:

• Criminal or civil appeals from the State Courts (District Courts and Magistrates’ Courts).
• Appeals from tribunals.
• Criminal revisions of State Courts decisions.
• Cases under the following specialised lists:
  • Building and construction, shipbuilding, complex and technical cases
  • Finance, securities, banking, complex commercial cases
  • Public law and judicial review
  • Company, insolvency and trusts
  • Arbitration
  • Shipping and insurance
  • Intellectual property or information technology
  • Revenue law
  • Tort claims
  • Crime (Trials)
  • Crime (Trials – Sexual Offences)
  • Crime (Magistrate’s Appeals, including those for sexual offences)

Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC)

International commercial disputes, such as:

• Claims that are international and commercial in nature in accordance with the requirements in Section 18D(1) of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act.
• Cases related to international commercial arbitration in accordance with the requirements in Section 18D(2) of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act.

Cases may be commenced in the SICC or transferred from the General Division to the SICC.