Singapore legislation
Section 164
Section 164
Provisional family exclusion order
(1)
Where, upon an application for a family exclusion order under section 159, a Committee is satisfied that the respondent has caused serious harm to family members having regard to section 162(2) and further harm to family members is imminent, the Committee may make a provisional family exclusion order, even though —
a hearing has not been held under section 158 to determine the application for the family exclusion order; or
a summons has not been served on the respondent to appear at the hearing under section 158.
(2)
A provisional family exclusion order takes effect on the date on which the provisional family exclusion order is served on the respondent or such later date as the Committee may specify in the order, but ceases to have effect on whichever of the following dates occurs first:
the date of the conclusion of the hearing under section 158 to which the respondent is summoned or, if the hearing is adjourned, the conclusion of the adjourned hearing;
the 28th day after the date of the making of the provisional family exclusion order, or such later date as the Committee may determine in any particular case.
(3)
The Committee which makes or extends a provisional family exclusion order under this section need not comprise the same members as the Committee which hears the application for the family exclusion order under section 158.