Singapore legislation
Section 13
Section 13
Consents
(1)
Subject to this section, a marriage licence under section 17 or a special marriage licence under section 21 for the marriage of a minor must not be issued or granted without the consent of a person mentioned in the Second Schedule who is authorised to give such consent.
(2)
If the Registrar or, in the case of a proposed marriage by special marriage licence, the Minister is satisfied that the consent of any person whose consent is so required cannot be obtained by reason of absence or inaccessibility or by reason of the person being under any disability —
the necessity for the consent of that person is dispensed with, if there is any other person whose consent is also required; and
if the consent of no other person is required, the Registrar or the Minister may dispense with the necessity of obtaining any consent, or the court may, on application being made, consent to the marriage, and the consent of the court so given has the same effect as if it had been given by the person whose consent cannot be so obtained.
(3)
If any person whose consent is required refuses his or her consent, the court may, on application being made, consent to the marriage, and the consent of the court so given has the same effect as if it had been given by the person whose consent is so refused.
(4)
An application to the court under this section is to be heard in chambers.
(5)
When an application is made to the court in consequence of a refusal to give consent, notice of the application must be served upon the person who refused to give consent.
(6)
Despite anything to the contrary in this Part, consent to the marriage of a minor is not necessary if the minor has been previously married.
(7)
There shall be no appeal from an order of the court under this section.