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18 Family Division may exercise entire jurisdiction of High Court

25. For the avoidance of doubt, the Family Division of the High Court may exercise the entire original and appellate civil and criminal jurisdiction of the High Court under the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap. 322) and under any other written law. Division 2—Jurisdiction of Family Courts Jurisdiction of Family Courts

26.—(1) A Family Court shall be a court of record.

(2) Subject to subsections (4), (5) and (6), a Family Court shall have—
 * (a) all the civil jurisdiction of the High Court referred to in section 22(1)(a) and (b);
 * (b) when exercising any jurisdiction referred to in section 22(1)(a) or (b), all the powers of the High Court in the exercise of the original civil jurisdiction of the High Court; and
 * (c) such other jurisdiction relating to family proceedings as is conferred on a Family Court by any written law.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), the jurisdiction of a Family Court to hear and try any civil proceedings which come within the jurisdiction of the Syariah Court constituted under the Administration of Muslim Law Act (Cap. 3) shall be the same as that of the High Court, as if section 17A of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap. 322) applies to a Family Court with the modification that any reference in that section to the High Court shall be read as a reference to a Family Court.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (2), the Chief Justice may by order published in the Gazette direct that any class or description of family proceedings specified in the order shall be heard and determined by the Family Division of the High Court.

(5) Subject to section 28A of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act and any order made under subsection (1) of that section, the