Singapore legislation
Clause 85
Clause 85
Adulterer to be made co-respondent
(1)
Upon any such petition presented by a husband, the petitioner shall make the alleged adulterer a co-respondent to the said petition, unless he is excused from doing so on one of the following grounds, to be allowed by the court —
that the respondent is leading the life of a prostitute and that the petitioner knows of no person with whom the adultery has been committed;
that the name of the alleged adulterer is unknown to the petitioner, although he has made due efforts to discover it; or
that the alleged adulterer is dead.
(2)
Upon any such petition presented by a wife the court, if it sees fit, may order the person with whom the husband is alleged to have committed adultery to be made a respondent.