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Court to sit without jury

 (1) Notwithstanding any other law in force in the Territory, all civil proceedings before the Supreme Court shall be heard and determined by the Court sitting without a jury.

 (2) A provision in a law of the Territory providing for, or relating to:
 (a) trial by jury; or
 (b) the empanelling of a jury,
  does not apply to civil proceedings in the Territory.

 (3) A reference in a law of the Territory to the verdict of a jury shall, in relation to civil proceedings, be read as a reference to the judgment of the Court.

13 Pending proceedings

  Proceedings (including appeals), whether civil or criminal, pending immediately before the commencement of the Act in the Supreme Court of the Colony of Singapore or in the Court of Criminal Appeal of that Colony by virtue of any jurisdiction of that Court in or in relation to the Islands may be carried on or concluded in that Court, and the Supreme Court established by this Ordinance shall be deemed not to have jurisdiction in relation to those proceedings.

14 References to Supreme Court etc in existing laws

 (1) A reference in a law continued in force in the Territory by section eight of the Act to:
 (a) the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements or the High Court or Court of Appeal being part of that Supreme Court;
 (b) the Supreme Court of the Colony of Singapore or the High Court or Court of Appeal being part of that Supreme Court; or
 (c) the Court of Criminal Appeal of the Straits Settlements or of the Colony of Singapore,
  shall be read as a reference to the Supreme Court established by this Ordinance, and a reference in any such law to the Chief Justice, a judge or two or more judges of any such Court shall be read as a reference to the judge of the Supreme Court established by this Ordinance.

 (2) A reference in any such law to the Registrar or other officer of a Court referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of the last preceeding subsection shall be read as a reference to the Registrar, or corresponding officer, of the Supreme Court established by this Ordinance.

 (3) A reference in any such law to an Assizes of the High Court of the Straits Settlements or of the Colony of Singapore shall be read as a reference to a sitting of the Supreme Court established by this Ordinance.

15 Practice and procedure

 (1) Subject to this Ordinance and to rules of court made under this Ordinance, and except as otherwise directed by the Supreme Court at any stage of the matter, the practice and