29. New section 100A

In the principal Act, after section 100, insert —“Register of Divorces100A.—

The registrar of the Syariah Court —

must maintain a Register of Divorces containing the copies of the certificates of divorce issued by that Court; and

may keep the Register of Divorces in the form that the registrar of the Syariah Court may determine.

Any person may, upon payment of the prescribed fee, apply for a copy of an entry in the Register of Divorces and the registrar of the Syariah Court may, if he or she thinks fit, issue the copy certified by him or her to be a true copy.

The Register of Divorces, or any copy of an entry in that Register certified under the signature and seal of office of the registrar of the Syariah Court to be a true copy, is prima facie evidence in any court or tribunal in Singapore of the dates and acts contained or set out in that Register or copy.”.