page_title: Judicial officers of the Republic of Singapore
section_title: Judicial officers of the Supreme Court
hierarchical_section_title: Judicial officers of the Republic of Singapore / Judicial officers of the Supreme Court
caption_attribution_description: English: Old Supreme Court Building, Singapore.
context_page_description: The judicial officers of the Republic of Singapore work in the Supreme Court and the State Courts to hear and determine disputes between litigants in civil cases and, in criminal matters, to determine the liability of accused persons and their sentences if they are convicted.
  In the Supreme Court, the current senior judicial officers are the Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, who is also the President of the Court of Appeal; the Judge of Appeal Justice Andrew Phang Boon Leong who is also the Vice-President; the Judge of Appeal Justices Judith Prakash, Tay Yong Kwang and Steven Chong; and the judges and judicial commissioners of the High Court. The other judicial officers are the Registrar of the Supreme Court, the Deputy Registrar, the Senior Assistant Registrars and the Assistant Registrars.
  The State Courts are headed by the Presiding Judge of the State Courts, and the senior judicial officers are the Deputy Presiding Judge, the Senior District Judges, the District Judges and Magistrates. The other judicial officers are the Registrar of the State Courts, the Senior Deputy Registrar, and the Deputy Registrars.
context_section_description: The superior courts of Singapore are the Court of Appeal and the High Court, which are collectively known as the Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore.
  The Court of Appeal is Singapore's highest court. It is headed by a President who is the Chief Justice, and the other members of the Court are the Judges of Appeal. The Chief Justice may appoint one or more of the Judges of Appeal as vice-presidents of the Court of Appeal.
  The other senior judicial officers of the Supreme Court are the Judges and Judicial Commissioners of the High Court. The Chief Justice may request a Judge (but not a Judicial Commissioner) of the High Court to sit as a judge of the Court of Appeal, in which case he or she shall have all the jurisdiction, powers and privileges of a judge of the Court of Appeal.
  The Judges of the Supreme Court take precedence in the following order:
  the Chief Justice;
  the vice-presidents of the Court of Appeal (if any have been appointed) who among themselves shall rank according to the priority of their respective appointments as vice-presidents;
  the Judges of Appeal (other than vice-presidents), who among themselves shall rank according to the priority of their respective appointments; and
  the Judges of the High Court, who among themselves shall rank according to the priority of their respective appointments.
  The other judicial officers are the Registrar, the Deputy Registrar, Senior Assistant Registrars, and Assistant Registrars. These officers assist the senior judicial officers by conducting pre-trial conferences, and hearing and determining minor court applications such as interlocutory applications and bankruptcy matters.
caption: The former Supreme Court building, officially opened in 1939, housed the Court of Appeal and some of the courtrooms of the High Court until 2005 – photographed in August 2006
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