MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT (Postponement of court hearing to attend Parliament sitting)

Parliament of Singapore · 12 July 1996

Official Report, 12 July 1996, Vol 66, Issue 5 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Cheo Chai ChenS Jayakumar

Mr Cheo Chai Chen asked the Minister for Law whether a Member of Parliament, who is a lawyer by profession, will be allowed to postpone a court hearing when it coincides with a Parliament sitting.

The Minister for Law (Prof. S. Jayakumar): Mr Speaker, Sir, whether the courts will grant an adjournment of the hearing of a case on the ground mentioned by the Member, or indeed on any other ground, is a matter which is entirely for the courts to decide.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 12 July 1996. Republished on SGParliament.