INTRODUCTION

THE COURT IS IN SESSION

The State Courts are one of the two court systems with Judicial power vested by the Constitution of Singapore. It consists of the District and Magistrate Courts and various specialised courts which hear cases that are not under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.

Before the completion of the former Subordinate Courts in 1975, the Criminal District and Magistrates’ Courts were located at South Bridge Road and the Civil District Courts was operating at the old Parliament Building and the Supreme Court Building. To resolve this, the Singapore government called for tenders for the construction of the Subordinate Courts in 1972 to integrate all the different courthouses that were operating from different locations at that time. Kumpulan Akitek was awarded the project and construction of the building began in 22 January 1973. The building was a collaboration between Kumpulan Akitek and Public Works Department (now known as CPG Corporation) and started operations on 15 September 1975.