Singapore legislation
Clause 105
Clause 105
Husband may claim damages from adulterer
(1)
Any husband may, either in a petition for divorce or for judicial separation or in a petition to the court limited to such object only, claim damages from any person on the ground of his having committed adultery with the wife of such petitioner.
(2)
Such petition shall be served on the alleged adulterer and the wife, unless the court dispenses with such service or directs some other service to be substituted.
(3)
The damages to be recovered on any such petition shall be ascertained by the said court, although the respondents or either of them may not appear.
(4)
After the decision has been given the court may direct in what manner such damages shall be paid or applied.