Singapore legislation
Section 100
Section 100
Proceedings for interim judgment of presumption of death and divorce
(1)
Any married person who alleges that reasonable grounds exist for supposing that the other party to the marriage is dead may file a writ to have it presumed that the other party is dead and to have the marriage dissolved, and the court, if satisfied that such reasonable grounds exist, may make an interim judgment of presumption of death and of divorce.
(2)
In any such proceedings, the fact that for a period of 7 years or more the other party to the marriage has been continually absent from the plaintiff, and the plaintiff has no reason to believe that the other party has been living within that time, is evidence that the other party is dead until the contrary is proved.
(3)
Section 99 applies to a writ and a judgment under this section as it applies to a writ for divorce and a judgment of divorce, respectively.