Singapore legislation
Clause 3
Clause 3
New section 168
The Women’s Charter is hereby amended by inserting immediately after section 167 thereof the following new section: —“Validity of customary marriages contracted on or after 15th September, 1961 and before 2nd June, 1967168.—
For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that every marriage contracted or effected on or after the 15th day of September 1961 and before the 2nd day of June 1967 in accordance with the law, religion, custom or usage of the parties or any of the parties thereto shall be valid if such marriage is not contracted or effected in contravention of the provisions of sections 4 and 10 of this Act.(2) This section shall not apply to any such marriage which has been declared to be null and void by an order of the High Court prior to the date of the commencement of the Women’s Charter (Amendment) Act, 1975.”.