Judicial Commissioner

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A Judicial Commissioner in Singapore is a law-trained individual appointed for a fixed term to exercise the full judicial powers of a High Court judge without holding permanent judicial office.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial office
temporary judicial appointment
appliesToJurisdiction Supreme Court of Singapore
appointedBy President of Singapore
appointmentOnAdviceOf Prime Minister of Singapore
canBeReappointed true
canHear appellate matters from State Courts
civil cases
criminal cases
canIssue injunctions
judgments
orders
canPresideOver appeals from State Courts
trials
canSitWith other High Court judges
constitutionalProvision Article 94 of the Constitution of Singapore
country Singapore
decisionAppealableTo Court of Appeal of Singapore
distinguishedBy non-permanent status
distinguishedFrom Judge of the High Court (Singapore)
eligibleFor subsequent appointment as Judge of the High Court (Singapore)
exercisesPowersOf Judge of the High Court (Singapore)
governedBy Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Singapore)
hasAuthorityOver High Court of Singapore
hasFullJudicialPowers true
hasOathRequirement true
hasSecurityOfTenure limited
hasTitleStyle The Honourable Judicial Commissioner
holdsPermanentJudicialOffice false
languageOfProceedings English
legalBasis Constitution of the Republic of Singapore
legalSystem common law
mayBeAppointedFrom Senior Counsel (Singapore)
academics with legal expertise
experienced legal practitioners
oathType judicial oath
partOf High Court of Singapore
rankComparableTo Judge of the High Court (Singapore)
requiresQualification law-trained individual
rolePurpose to handle caseload of the High Court
to supplement the permanent judiciary
subjectTo Code of conduct for judges in Singapore
subjectToRetirementAge no permanent retirement age (term-limited)
termType fixed term
usedFor flexible expansion of judicial capacity
worksAt Supreme Court building, Singapore

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

High Court of Singapore hasJudgeType Judicial Commissioner
Judicial Commissioner (Singapore) hasTitleStyle The Honourable Judicial Commissioner
subject linked to: Judicial Commissioner
linked to: Judicial Commissioner
Senior Judge (Singapore) relatedConcept Judicial Commissioner (Singapore)
subject linked to: Senior Judge
linked to: Judicial Commissioner