All claims to be lodged or filed with the Small Claims Tribunals have to be within the Jurisdiction of the Tribunals. For some general assistance on this, you may wish to refer to this checklist.

Claim being lodged or filed in person at the Tribunals

Parties lodging or filing a claim would have to pay claim fees as follows;

Claim forms can be obtained from the Tribunals in person or by fax through the teleresponse system at 64355937. The claim form can also be obtained from here.

 A person or company who wishes to make the claim is referred to as the "Claimant" while the person or company claimed against is referred to as the "Respondent". The party you claim against can also claim against you in the same claim. This is referred to as a "Counterclaim".

A claim can be lodged or filed in person at the Tribunals or through the fax at 65364478 or 64355994. Currently, certain authorised users are allowed to lodge or file their claims via the Internet. If you are a frequent user of the Tribunals making numerous claims a year, you may apply in writing to the Registrar of the Small Claims Tribunals for approval to utilise the electronic filing.

EFS - Electronic Filing of Claims

Payment for claims lodged via fax may be made in person or by post. If in person, payment can be made by cash, NETS or crossed cheque. If by post, payment is only to be made by cheque. Only local cheques will be accepted. For crossed cheque, it should be made payable to the "Registrar, Subordinate Courts". All payments must be made within 7 days of lodgment, or the claim will be deemed withdrawn. Claim forms would have to be submitted in quadruple when lodging a claim in person and parties would have to provide one copy each of all supporting documents. For claims lodged via fax only, parties would have to provide one copy each of the claim form and the supporting documents.

Parties claiming against a company or a business must produce the particular entity's business profile. The business profile can be purchased online at the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority's (ACRA) BizFile website, www.bizfile.gov.sg (> Purchase of Information > Instant Information > Business Profile) or at any of the following ACRA-accredited service providers:

The parties would first attend a Consultation / Mediation before a Registrar of the Small Claims Tribunals. If the matter is not resolved at that stage, the parties would then have to attend a Hearing before a Referee.