Originating Application (Generic)

(1) Case Information

Party List

Fig 1. Click on “Add Party”. There must be at least one Applicant in order to proceed with the application.

Fig 1a. Enter all the mandatory information. Click “Save” when you are done.

Application

You can add either a Nature of Case or an Act of Parliament / Legislation.

To add:

• a Nature of Case, proceed to Figs 2 – 2a, or

• an Act of Parliament / Legislation, proceed to Figs 3 – 3a-1.

Fig 2. Click on “Add Nature of Case”.

Fig 2a. Select the applicable Nature of Case. You can include more than one Nature of Case. If you select “Others”, you need to specify the section number(s) of the Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966 in the textbox provided (eg. “Section no. 30” or “Section nos. 30 and 33”). Click on “Add” when done.

Fig 3. Click “Add” to include Act(s) of Parliament / Legislation.

Fig 3a. Select the type of legislation.

Fig 3a-1. You can type partial terms to get a list of matches. Specify the relevant provision(s) or sub provision(s) before clicking “Save”. You can include more than one Act of Parliament / Legislation.

Fig 4. Click on “Add Other Matters” if there are additional “In the matter of” paragraphs in the title of action that are not related to any “Act of Parliament / Legislation”.

• At least one entry has to be added in either Fig 2 or Fig 3 to proceed.

Fig 5. You can modify the title of the court document that will be generated in Step 2: Forms.

Fig 6. State if the application is related to an order obtained in a separate action.

• If “Yes” is selected, proceed to Fig 6a.

• If “No” is selected, you may skip ahead to the next section, ie. Endorsements.

Fig 6a. Provide additional details about the order.

Endorsements

Fig 7. Select the type of Originating Application.

Relief(s) Claimed

Fig 8. Click on “Add Prayers”.

Fig 9. Provide the details of the reliefs sought in the textbox provided. If you would like to add another prayer, click on “Add Prayers” again.

• Note: some formatting and/or appearance of foreign characters may not be preserved if text is pasted into this textbox from your machine’s clipboard.

Fig 10. State if there is a supporting affidavit to support this application.

• If there is a supporting affidavit, you will need to upload this document in Step 2: Forms. Proceed to the next section ie Supporting Documents.

• If you are referring to other affidavits to support the application, proceed to Figs 10a – 10a-1.

Fig 10a. Click “Add”.

Fig 10a-1. Provide the necessary details. To add additional rows, click on the “Add” button again.

Supporting Documents

Fig 11. Click “Add Document” to add supporting documents as annexures to the Originating Application.

Fig 11a. Enter the number of “Other document” that you wish to add, and click “Add”.

Fig 11b. Enter document name in the text box. Click “Choose File” to select the file from the browser dialog box. Click the icon to upload the document.

(2) Forms

Fig 12. Click on the icon to view the eForm. The eForm will be generated based on the details provided in the Case Information section. If you would like to file other supporting documents to the case, click “Add Document”.

Fig 13. You will be presented with an eForm.

Fig 14. To initiate the signing process, Click the “Confirm” button located at the bottom of the eForm.

Fig 15. Click the upload icon to upload relevant documents.

Fig 16. Enter the necessary details on the deponent info. To upload documents, click “Browse Files to upload”. Select the relevant file from the browser dialog box, and click “Upload”.

Fig 17. The row of the eForm will be updated with new buttons.

• To change the information in the generated form, click “Previous” to return to the Case Information section and amend the information first. Then click the button in Step 2 to generate a new form with the updated details. Then click the “Confirm” button located at the bottom of the eForm.
• Click the “Finalise Document” button to start the signing process. The “Finalise Document” button will only be enabled after all eforms are confirmed and all documents to be uploaded in Step 2 have been uploaded.

Click on the “Next” button to proceed to Step 3: Admin Details.

(3) Admin Details

Fig 18. In Step 3: Admin Details, indicate any urgent processing, special request or waiver required. You can also opt to eServe the documents to another law firm.

(4) Submission

Fig 19. In Step 4: Submission, review all information and documents before submission. Upon acceptance / approval by Court, the documents will be sent to your eLitigation inbox.