Singapore legislation
Clause 106
Clause 106
Costs against co-respondent
(1)
Whenever in any petition presented by a husband the alleged adulterer has been made a co-respondent and the adultery has been established, the court may order the co-respondent to pay the whole or any part of the costs of the proceedings.
(2)
The co-respondent shall not be ordered to pay the petitioner’s costs —
(a)
if the respondent was at the time of the adultery living apart from her husband and leading the life of a prostitute; or
(b)
if the co-respondent had not at the time of the adultery reason to believe the respondent to be a married woman.