Singapore legislation
Section 80
Section 80
Interpretation of this Part
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —“defendant”, in relation to a maintenance order or a related attachment of earnings order, means the person liable to make payments under the maintenance order;“earnings”, in relation to a defendant, means any sums payable to the defendant —
by way of wages or salary, including any fees, bonus, commission, overtime pay or other emoluments payable in addition to wages or salary by the person paying the wages or salary or payable under a contract of service;
by way of pension, including an annuity in respect of past services, whether or not the services were rendered to the person paying the annuity, and including periodical payments by way of compensation for the loss, abolition or relinquishment, or any diminution in the emoluments, of any office or employment;
if the defendant is a self-employed person, by way of payments received from self‑employment;“employer” means a person by whom, as a principal and not as an employee or agent, earnings fall to be paid to a defendant, and references to payment of earnings are to be construed accordingly;“maintenance order” means —
an order for the payment of a monthly allowance made or deemed to be made by a court under Part 8;
an order for the payment of periodical sums by way of maintenance or alimony to a wife or former wife or an incapacitated husband or incapacitated former husband, or by way of maintenance for the benefit of any child, under Part 10;
an order for maintenance made by the Syariah Court under the Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966;
an order for maintenance made under the Maintenance of Parents Act 1995; and
a maintenance order, as defined in section 2 of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1975, which is registered or confirmed by the court under that Act.
Definition
“defendant”, in relation to a maintenance order or a related attachment of earnings order, means the person liable to make payments under the maintenance order;
Definition
“earnings”, in relation to a defendant, means any sums payable to the defendant —
by way of wages or salary, including any fees, bonus, commission, overtime pay or other emoluments payable in addition to wages or salary by the person paying the wages or salary or payable under a contract of service;
by way of pension, including an annuity in respect of past services, whether or not the services were rendered to the person paying the annuity, and including periodical payments by way of compensation for the loss, abolition or relinquishment, or any diminution in the emoluments, of any office or employment;
if the defendant is a self-employed person, by way of payments received from self‑employment;
Definition
“employer” means a person by whom, as a principal and not as an employee or agent, earnings fall to be paid to a defendant, and references to payment of earnings are to be construed accordingly;
Definition
“maintenance order” means —
an order for the payment of a monthly allowance made or deemed to be made by a court under Part 8;
an order for the payment of periodical sums by way of maintenance or alimony to a wife or former wife or an incapacitated husband or incapacitated former husband, or by way of maintenance for the benefit of any child, under Part 10;
an order for maintenance made by the Syariah Court under the Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966;
an order for maintenance made under the Maintenance of Parents Act 1995; and
a maintenance order, as defined in section 2 of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1975, which is registered or confirmed by the court under that Act.