Singapore legislation
Clause 10
Clause 10
Amendment of section 22
Subsection (2) of section 22 of the Women’s Charter is amended —
by deleting the words “certificate for the marriage or a” in the first and second lines thereof and substituting therefor the words “licence for the marriage or a special”; and
by deleting the last twelve lines thereof and substituting therefor the following: —““Be it understood that by publicly taking each other as man and wife before me and in the presence of these witnesses, you become legally married to each other even though no other ceremony of a civil or religious nature has taken place. This marriage cannot be dissolved during your lifetime except by a valid judgment of the Court and if either of you before the death of the other marries again while this marriage subsists, you will be guilty of an offence.”.”.