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.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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