Singapore legislation

Section 183

of Women’s Charter 1961

Section 183

Recognition of marriages contracted in Embassies, etc., in Singapore

(1)

Nothing in this Act prevents the solemnisation in Singapore of a marriage in any foreign Embassy, High Commission or Consulate in Singapore.

(2)

A marriage contracted in any foreign Embassy, High Commission or Consulate in Singapore is recognised as valid for all purposes of the law of Singapore if all the following requirements are satisfied:

(a)

it was contracted in a form required or permitted by the law of the country whose Embassy, High Commission or Consulate it is, or in a form permitted under this Act;

(b)

each of the parties had, at the time of the marriage, capacity to marry under the law of the country of his or her domicile or under the law of the country of the intended domicile of the parties after marriage; (c)in the case where either of the parties is a citizen of or is domiciled in Singapore, both parties had capacity to marry under this Act.

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