Singapore legislation
Section 132
Section 132
Power of court to set aside and prevent dispositions intended to defeat claims to maintenance
(1)
Where —
any matrimonial proceedings are pending;
an order has been made under section 112 and has not been complied with;
an order for maintenance has been made under section 113 or 127 and has not been rescinded;
maintenance is payable under any agreement to or for the benefit of a wife or former wife, an incapacitated husband or incapacitated former husband, or a child; or
an order has been made under section 121E or 121G and has not been rescinded or complied with,the court has power on application —
to set aside any disposition of property, if it is satisfied that the disposition of property has been made within the preceding 3 years, with the object on the part of the person making the disposition of —
reducing that person’s means to pay maintenance; or
depriving that person’s wife, former wife, incapacitated husband or incapacitated former husband of any rights in relation to that property; and
if it is satisfied that any disposition of property is intended to be made with any such object, to grant an injunction preventing that disposition.
(2)
In this section —
Definition
“disposition” includes a sale, gift, lease, mortgage or any other transaction whereby ownership or possession of the property is transferred or encumbered but does not include a disposition made for money or money’s worth to or in favour of a person acting in good faith and in ignorance of the object with which the disposition is made;
Definition
“property” means property of any nature, movable or immovable, and includes money.