Singapore legislation

Clause 85

of Women’s Charter

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 —

(a)

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;

(b)

that the name of the alleged adulterer is unknown to the petitioner, although he has made due efforts to discover it; or

(c)

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.

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