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Terms of Use

Terms of Use

  • General

    • Welcome to the Syariah Court Website (“Website”).  These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of (A) this Website (accessible at www.syariahcourt.gov.sg or such other URL as may be specified by us from time to time); (B) the services made available on or provided through this Website by us; and (C) any Content (as defined in clause 2.1) made available or accessible therein (collectively, the “Services”). Please read these Terms carefully. By using any part of this Website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood these Terms and agreed to comply with and be legally bound by these Terms. You must not access or use the Services if you do not agree to any of these Terms. 
    • This Website is provided by the Government of Singapore and “we”, “us” or “our” refer to the Government of Singapore. If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at: 

      Quality Service Manager
      Syariah Court Singapore
      Telephone: 6354 8371
      Email: MCCY_Syariah@mccy.gov.sg
    • In these Terms, words and phrases have the meanings given to them in clause 2. These Terms may be amended by us from time to time at our sole discretion. The most current version of these Terms can be accessed at www.syariahcourt.gov.sg or such other URL as may be specified by us from time to time. Every time you wish to access or use the Services, please check these Terms to ensure that you understand the terms that apply at the time of your access or use of the Services. Your access to or use of the Services after amendments have been made to these Terms will constitute your agreement to the amended version of these Terms.
    • If you are accessing and using the Services on behalf of another person, you represent and warrant that you have been validly authorised to (A) access and use the Services on behalf of that person; and (B) agree to and bind that person to these Terms, in which case, all references to “you” or “your” as used in these Terms shall include that person. 

  • Intepretation

    • In these Terms, unless the context otherwise requires:

      “Content” includes data, text, images, documents, sounds, codes, computer programs, software and databases that may be uploaded to, generated by, transmitted through or stored on the Services and/or this Website. 

      “CorpPass” means the electronic identification, authentication or authorisation service of the Government of Singapore known as “CorpPass”. 

      “Device” includes a computer, laptop, mobile phone, smartphone, tablet, or other device from which the Services may be accessed and used. 

      “Intellectual Property Rights” includes patents, registered and unregistered design rights, industrial design rights, copyright, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, logos, database rights and all other intellectual property rights, whether existing now or in the future, which are capable of protection in any relevant country in the world. 

      “Losses” means all liabilities, losses, damages, expenses and costs, including any loss of profit, direct, indirect or consequential losses. 

      “Personal data” has the meaning set out in the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 and any subsidiary legislation made under it, as amended or revised from time to time. 

      “Privacy Statement” has the meaning set out in Clause 10. 

      “Services” has the meaning set out in Clause 1.1.

      “SingPass” means the electronic identification, authentication or authorisation service of the Government of Singapore known as “SingPass”. 

      “SYCPass” means the electronic identification, authentication or authorisation service provided by the Syariah Court Singapore known as “SYCPass”.

      “Terms” has the meaning set out in Clause 1.1.

      “Website” has the meaning set out in Clause 1.1. 

      “Your Content” has the meaning set out in Clause 6.
    • The words “written” and “in writing” include any means of visible reproduction. 
    • The headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not be taken into consideration for the purpose of interpretation. 
    • References to a “person” include any individual, company, limited liability partnership, partnership or unincorporated association. 
    • Unless a contrary intention appears, all references to “including” or any similar variations as used in these Terms means “including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing” and “including but without limitation”. 
    • Unless otherwise expressly stated, all references to “Clause” are references to a clause of these Terms. Where a clause number is quoted, the reference is being made to that clause bearing that clause number and to all the sub0clauses, if any, under that same clause number. 

  • Licence and Usage Terms

    • The Services (including the Content) are owned by or licensed to us. 
    • Subject to these Terms, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and revocable right to access and use the Services (including the Content) only for transacting with us. You must seek our prior written consent if you intend to access or use the Services (including the Content) for any other purpose.
    • You shall not, and shall not permit any other person to: 
      • modify, reverse engineer, decompile, adapt, publish, re-distribute or sub-licence any part of the Services, or interfere with, or intercept any transaction which is part of the Services, without our prior written consent;
      • access or use the Services for any commercial purposes, including rent, selling or leasing the Services (or any part thereof) to any other person, or directly or indirectly charging any other person for access to or use of the Services (or any part thereof).
      • access or use the Services for the benefit of any other person, save where validly authorised by such person;
      • reproduce, duplicate or copy any part of the Services, including any Content, without our prior written consent, except that you may make reasonable copies of any part of the Services solely for your personal use, or save in accordance with written law;
      • remove, circumvent, impair, bypass, disable or otherwise interfere with any security-related features of the Services;
      • misrepresent or make false or misleading claims regarding the ownership or source of the Services;
      • access or use the Services for any illegal activity or any other purpose prohibited by law or these Terms;
      • in the course of your access to or use of the Services, use, transmit or upload any device, software, malicious code, exploit or routine, including any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, malware, time bombs, robots, data-mining or data scraping tools and cancel bots that may:
        • damage or interfere with the proper operation of the Services;
        • intercept, expropriate or destroy and Content or personal data; or
        • introduce security vulnerabilities to the Services or the Devices of any other persons; 
      • access or use the Services in any manner that could damage, disrupt, disable, overburden or impair the operation of the Services, interfere with access to or use of the Services by any other person, or impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on any system or server used in the provision of the Services;
      • in the course of your access to or use of the Services, upload, submit, store or transmit any Content that:
        • violates any law;
        • is false, offensive, defamatory, inaccurate, misleading or fraudulent; or
        • violates or infringes the rights of any other person;
      •  access any Content not intended for you; and 
      •  solicit any personal data from any other person. 
    • You shall immediately notify us if you are aware of or have any reason to suspect any vulnerability, defect, bug exploit or other potential weakness in the Services. You shall not inform any other person of such vulnerability, defect, bug exploit or potential weakness without our prior written consent. 
    • Where you access and use the Services on behalf of another person, you represent and warrant that you have been authorised to bind the person to these Terms. 

  • Access to the Services

    • You understand that the Services are intended to help you transact with us by electronic means. 
    • You shall access and use the Services by way of SingPass or SYCPass; or if you are authorised by another person to access and use the Services on their behalf, you shall do so by way of CorpPass.
    • You shall be solely responsible and liable for any communications, transactions and activities originating from, occurring under, referable to, or conducted through your SingPass, SYCPass or CorpPass account(s). We do not have any obligation to verify the authenticity of any such communications, transactions and activities, or the identity of the person accessing, managing or using your SingPass, SYCPass or CorpPass account(s). We shall not be liable or responsible for any Losses incurred, paid by, or suffered by you or any other person arising out of or in connection with any unauthorised access, management or use of your SingPass, SYCPass or CorpPass account(s) in connection with your access to or use of the Services. 
    • To the fullest extent permissible by law, you shall not challenge the validity or authenticity of any communications, transactions or activities originating from, occurring under, referable to, or conducted through your SingPass, SYCPass or CorpPass account(s) in connection with your access to or use of the Services.
    • You shall comply with all applicable laws. 

  • Our rights

    • We may at any time and in our sole discretion:
      • enhance, upgrade, reduce or otherwise modify the functionalities or features of this Website or the Services (or any part thereof), in which case these Terms will apply to all such enhancements, upgrades, reductions or modifications;
      •  suspend, deny or restrict your access to or use of this Website or the Services (or any part thereof); or
      •  discontinue or terminate the Services (or any part thereof), in which case all rights granted to you in relation to the discontinued or terminated part(s) of the Services shall automatically cease, 
         
      without having to notify or you assign any reason, and without being liable or responsible to you for any Losses or compensation.
    • We may in our sole discretion provide maintenance and support services for this Website or the Services, and determine the type and nature of such maintenance and support services. 

  • Your Content

    • You may be required to upload, submit, store or transmit Content in the course of your access to and use of the Services (“Your Content”). You retain full ownership and control over Your Content, and we do not claim ownership over Your Content (or any part thereof). 
    • You shall grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide and royalty-free right to reproduce, disclose, use or otherwise deal with Your Content for any or all of the following purposes:
      • to enable us to transact with you;
      • to assist or facilitate your access to or use of this Website or the Services;
      • to enable us or third party service providers engaged by us to provide the Services (or any part thereof) to you;
      • to respond to any queries, feedback or complaints provided by you, or otherwise respond to or deal with your interactions with us;
      • to monitor and track your usage of the Services, in order to assist us in understanding your interests, concerns and preferences, and improving the Services;
      • to create reports and produce statistics regarding your usage of the Services, for security monitoring, audit, record-keeping or reporting purposes; 
      • to carry out verification checks, due diligence or other screening activities as may be required by us;
      • to create and store backups of Your Content (whether for contingency purposes or otherwise), whether within or outside Singapore;
      • to prevent or investigate any fraudulent, illegal or unlawful activity;
      • to enable us to communicate with you on any matters relating to your access to and use of this Website or the Services, and for all or any of the purposes set out in this Clause 6.2, by any form of communication that we may introduce from time to time depending on the functionalities and features of the Services or your Device(s); and
      • to do anything incidental or necessary to achieve any or all of the purposes set out in this Clause 6.2.
         
    • We will seek your consent if we intend to reproduce, disclose use or otherwise deal with Your Content for any other purpose that is not set out in Clause 6.2, unless such consent is not required at law. 
    • We may at any time and in our sole discretion, remove, delete or purge Your Content (or any part thereof), without having to notify you or assign any reason, and without being liable or responsible to you for any Losses or compensation. 
    • You are responsible for Your Content and you upload, submit, store or transmit Your Content solely at your own risk. Notwithstanding anything in these Terms, we do not have any obligation to retain or store Your Content, or to create and store backups of Your Content, in any manner whatsoever. 

  • Security

    • Where appropriate, we will use available technology to protect the security of communications made through the Services. However, we shall not be liable or responsible for the security, authenticity, integrity or confidentiality of any transactions or other communications made through the Services You carry out any transactions or communications at your own risk.
    • We make no representations or warranties that this Website or the Services are free of infection by computer viruses or other unauthorised software.
    • You should take appropriate steps to keep your information, software and equipment (for example, your Content, your personal data and your Device(s)) secure. This includes clearing your internet browser cookies and cache before and after accessing and using the Services. 

  • Hyperlinks 

    • Insofar as this Website or the Services contain or provide any hyperlinks to websites or material not maintained or controlled by us, we shall not be liable or responsible for the availability or contents of any such hyperlinked material. Your access to or use of such hyperlinked material is solely at your own risk. 
    • We shall not be liable for any Losses incurred, paid by or suffered by you or any other person arising out of and in connection with your access to or use of any such hyperlinks or material, or your reliance on the contents made available or accessible through such hyperlinks or material. 
    • The hyperlinks on this Website or the Services are provided merely as a convenience to you. In no circumstances shall we be considered to have endorsed, or be associated or affiliated with (A) any trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, logos, insignia or other devices used or appearing on any hyperlinked material; (B) or the provider(s) of such hyperlinked material.
    • You shall not create a cache or hyperlink to, or frame any part of this Website or the Services (including the Content) unless you have obtained our prior written consent. If you create a cache or hyperlink to, or frame any part of this Website or the Services (including the Content), that shall constitute your acceptance of these Terms. You must immediately discontinue caching or hyperlinking to, or framing any part of these Services if you do not accept any of these Terms.  
    • We may at any time and in our sole discretion disable or change the URL of this Website stated in Clause 1.1. You create any links to this Website at your own risk. 
    • We may at any time and in our sole discretion object to or disable any links to, or frames of, any part of this Website or the Services without having to notify you or assign any reason, and without being liable or responsible to you for any Losses or compensation. 

  • Intellectual Property

    • The Intellectual Property Rights in this Website or the Services, including any Content are owned by or licensed to us. Without prejudice to Clause 3.3, you shall not infringe the Intellectual Property Rights in this Website or the Services, including the Content.
    • You shall not remove, obscure or alter any copyright notices, proprietary rights notices, trademarks, service marks, trade names, or logos contained within, applied to or made available or accessible in conjunction with or through the Services. 
    • We do not represent or warrant that your access to or use of the Services will not constitute an infringement or misuse of the rights and interests of any other person, including the Intellectual Property Rights belonging to such person. 

  • Privacy Statement

    • We may handle, collect, use, disclose or otherwise process personal data belonging to you or any other person in the course of your access to and use of this Website or the Services. We will handle, collect, use, disclose or otherwise process such personal data in accordance with our privacy statement, as may be amended by us from time to time (accessible at www.syariahcourt.gov.sg or such other URL as may be specified by us from time to time (our “Privacy Statement”). 
    • Please refer to our Privacy Statement for more details. By accessing or using this Website or the Services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood our Privacy Statement and agreed to comply with and be legally bound by our Privacy Statement. You must not access or use this Website or the Services if you do not accept any of the terms of our Privacy Statement. The Privacy Statement forms an integral part of these Terms. 

  • Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

    • The Content made available or accessible through this Website or the Services is offered for information purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. The Content made available or accessible through this Website or the Services may not be correct, complete, current or accurate and you should perform your own checks or obtain professional advice relevant to your particular circumstances. 
    • This Website and the Services are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without warranties of any kind. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not make any warranties or representations of any kind whatsoever in relation to this Website and the Services, and hereby disclaim all express or implied warranties or representations of any kind, including any warranties or representations:
      • that this Website or the Services, or your access to and use of any functionality or feature thereof will be uninterrupted, free of bugs, free from human tampering or intervention, free from virus or other malicious, destructive or corrupting code, programme or macro, free from transmission errors or otherwise error-free, or that there will not be any defects or deficiencies.
      •  as to the security of the Services or the safekeeping or security of Your Content, including content that you upload, submit, store or transmit in the course of making any applications to us under the Services; and
      •  as to the accuracy, completeness, correctness, reliability, timeliness, availability, security, non-infringement, title, merchantability, satisfactory quality or fitness for any particular purpose of the Services   
         
    • We shall not be liable or responsible for any Losses incurred, paid by or suffered by you or any other person arising out of or in connection with:
      • your access to and use of this Website or the Services;
      •  any loss or unavailability of access to or use of this Website or the Services, howsoever caused;
      •  your reliance on any Content made available or access through this Website or the Services, or any action or omission taken by you or any other person in reliance on such Content;
      •  any delay or interruption in the transmission of this Website or the Services, whether caused by errors in operation or transmission, communications failure, internet access difficulties, malfunctions in equipment or software or otherwise;
      •  any error, defect or deficiency in, or in the transmission of, this Website or the Services; or
      •  any loss or corruption of Your Content or any damage to your Device(s) or other property.  
         
    • You shall not rely on this Website or the Services (or any part thereof) to claim or assert any form of legitimate expectation against us, whether arising out of or in connection with our roles and functions as a public body or otherwise. 

  • Updates

    • We may from time to time and in our sole discretion issue, release or provide updates or upgrades to, or new versions of, the Services. Such updates, upgrades or new versions may be implemented or installed automatically, or may require action on your part. The Services may not operate properly or at all if you do not implement or install the updates, upgrades or new versions where you are required to do so. For the avoidance of doubt, we do not guarantee that any such updates, upgrades or new versions will be made available, or that such updates, upgrades or new versions will continue to be compatible with your Device or its operating system. 

  • Payments and third party fees 

    • You shall ensure that any credit card, direct debit or any other payment information that you provide through the Services is true, correct, current and complete. If collection of payment is unsuccessful, we shall not have any obligation to process the communication, transaction or activity to which the unsuccessful payment relates. You shall bear all charges imposed by the relevant bank, including charges (a) in relation to maintenance of your bank account; (b) in relation to all debits of payment where relevant; and (c) incurred by us in connection with any unsuccessful debit of payment from your designated bank account. 
    • We are not responsible for any fees charged by any other third party services, internet site, application, software, service, product or otherwise that is not provided by us. 

  • Governing Law and Jurisdiction

    • These Terms shall be subject to, governed by and construed in accordance with laws of the Republic of Singapore, and you irrevocably agree that the courts of Singapore shall have exclusive jurisdiction to determine any dispute which may arise out of or in connection with these Terms. You irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of such courts. 

  • Rights of third parties

    • A person who is not a party to these Terms shall have no right to enforce any provision of these Terms. 

  • General 

    • In the event that any clause in these Terms is determined to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, such clause or part of it shall, to the extent that it is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, be deemed not to form part of these Terms and the legality, validity and enforceability of the remainder of these Terms shall not be affected.
    • In no event shall any delay, failure or omission on our part in enforcing any right, power, privilege, claim or remedy (“Remedy”), which is conferred under these Terms or at law or in equity, or arises from any breach by you (A) be deemed to be construed as a waiver or variation thereof, or of any other such Remedy, in respect of the particular circumstances in question, or (B) operate so as to bar the enforcement or exercise thereof, or of any other such Remedy in any other instances at any time thereafter.  
    • No waiver of any breach of these Terms shall be deemed to be a waiver of any other or of any subsequent breach. 
    • Any waiver granted under these Terms must be in writing and may be given subject to conditions. Such waiver under these Terms shall be effective only in the instance and for the purpose for which it was given.
    • Any consent given under these Terms may be subject to such conditions as we consider appropriate. Any request for our consent to be given under these Terms should be sent to:

      Quality Service Manager
      Syariah Court Singapore
      Telephone: 6354 8371
      Email: MCCY_Syariah@mccy.gov.sg