Singapore legislation
Clause 11
Clause 11
Repeal and re-enactment of sections 143 and 144
Sections 143 and 144 of the principal Act are repealed and the following sections substituted therefor:“Inspection and search143.—
The Register of Marriages, Register of Divorces and Register of Revocation of Divorces, and the general index of each of those Registers shall be open to inspection by any person upon payment of the prescribed fee.(2) The Registrar or the President of the Syariah Court, as the case may be, shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee, furnish any person requiring the same a copy of any entry in any of the Registers certified under his signature and seal of office.Proof
144. The Register of Marriages, Register of Divorces and Register of Revocation of Divorces and any copy of any entry therein, certified under the hand and seal of the Registrar or the President of the Syariah Court, as the case may be, to be a true copy or extract, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and tribunals in Singapore of the dates and acts contained or set out in each of those Registers, copy or extract.”.