Singapore legislation
Clause 3
Clause 3
Transmission of maintenance order made in Singapore for enforcement in reciprocating country
(1)
Subject to subsection (2), where the payer under a maintenance order made, whether before or after the date of the commencement of this Act, by a court in Singapore is residing in a reciprocating country, the payee under the order may apply for the order to be sent to that country for enforcement.
(2)
Every application under this section shall be made in the prescribed manner to the prescribed officer of the court which made the maintenance order to which the application relates.
(3)
If, on an application duly made under this section to the prescribed officer of a court in Singapore, that officer is satisfied that the payer under the maintenance order to which the application relates is residing in a reciprocating country, the following documents, that is to say: —
a certified copy of the maintenance order;
a certificate signed by that officer certifying that the order is enforceable in Singapore;
a certificate of arrears so signed;
a statement giving such information as the officer possesses as to the whereabouts of the payer;
a statement giving such information as the officer possesses for facilitating the identification of the payer; and
where available, a photograph of the payer,shall be sent by that officer to the Minister with a view to their being transmitted by the Minister to the responsible authority in the reciprocating country if he is satisfied that the statement relating to the whereabouts of the payer gives sufficient information to justify that being done.
(4)
Nothing in this section shall be taken as affecting any jurisdiction of a court in Singapore with respect to a maintenance order to which this section applies, and any such order may be enforced, varied or revoked accordingly.