Singapore legislation

Section 71B

of Women’s Charter 1961

Section 71B

Financial counselling

Amended by2/201130/2019

Where a court has made an order under section 71(1)(e) requiring a maintenance defaulter to attend financial counselling or any other related programme but the maintenance defaulter fails to comply with the order, any of the following persons may make a complaint to the court regarding such non‑compliance:

(a)

the person who is to have provided the financial counselling or conducted such related programme ordered by the court;

(b)

the Director‑General, where the court has ordered a maintenance defaulter to attend financial counselling or such related programme under the direction or supervision of the Director‑General.