Clause 3

Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section this Ordinance shall apply to all persons resident in Singapore and shall also apply to all persons domiciled in Singapore who are resident outside Singapore.

Parts II to VI and Part IX of this Ordinance shall not apply to any person who is married under, or to any marriage solemnized or registered under, the provisions of the Muslim law or of any written law in Singapore or in the Federation of Malaya providing for the registration of Muslim marriages.

No marriage one of the parties to which is a Muslim shall be solemnized or registered under this Ordinance.

For the purposes of this Ordinance, a person who is a citizen of Singapore shall be deemed, until the contrary is proved, to be domiciled in Singapore.