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Administration of Muslim Law (Amendment) Bill · As enacted · Part 6 · Consequential and Related Amendments and Saving and Transitional Provisions

35. Saving and transitional provisions

(1)

Nothing in sections 33A, 35, 35A, 35AB and 52A of the principal Act as in force on or after the date of commencement of sections 9, 10, 11, 12 and 19 of this Act affects any civil family proceedings in any court involving a party to a foreign divorce or nullity of marriage —

(a)

that commenced in the court before that date; or

(b)

that commence in the court on or after that date, but relate to an order made by any court before that date.

(2)

Section 52 of the principal Act as in force on or after the date of commencement of section 18 of this Act also applies in relation to any proceedings in the Syariah Court that commenced before that date but are pending as at that date.

(3)

In subsection (1) —

“civil family proceedings” means any proceedings in any court involving any matter relating to —

(a)

maintenance of a divorced woman, or a minor child of parties to a marriage on divorce or nullity of marriage;

(b)

disposition or division of property on divorce or nullity of marriage; or

(c)

custody of, care and control of, or access to a minor child of parties to a marriage on divorce or nullity of marriage;

“court” means a court of competent jurisdiction, other than the Syariah Court;

“minor child” means a child who is below 21 years of age;

“party to a foreign divorce or nullity of marriage” is an individual described in section 33A(2) of the principal Act as in force on or after the date of commencement of section 9 of this Act.

(4)

For a period of 2 years after the date of commencement of any provision of this Act, the President of Singapore may by rules prescribe any additional provisions of a saving or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of that provision that the President of Singapore may consider necessary or expedient.

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