Singapore legislation

Clause 9

of Administration of Muslim Law (Amendment) Bill

Clause 9

Amendment of section 99

Section 99 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Every Kadi and Naib Kadi shall, within one week of the registration of a marriage or revocation of divorce, send a copy of the certificate of marriage or revocation of divorce, as the case may be, to the Registrar.”;

(b)

by deleting the word “General” in the last line of subsection (2);

(c)

by deleting the word “General” in the penultimate line of subsection (3); and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(4) Every Kadi shall, within one week of the registration of a divorce, send a copy of the certificate of divorce to the President of the Syariah Court.”.

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