Singapore legislation
Clause 4
Clause 4
New section 11A
The Women’s Charter is amended by inserting, immediately after section 11, the following section:“Avoidance of marriages between persons of same sex11A.—
A marriage solemnized in Singapore or elsewhere between persons who, at the date of the marriage, are not respectively male and female shall be void.(2) It is hereby declared that, subject to sections 5, 9, 10, 11 and 21, a marriage solemnized in Singapore or elsewhere between a person who has undergone a sex re-assignment procedure and any person of the opposite sex is and shall be deemed always to have been a valid marriage.(3) For the purpose of this section —
the sex of any party to a marriage as stated at the time of the marriage in his or her identity card issued under the National Registration Act [Cap. 201] shall be conclusive evidence of the sex of the party; and
a person who has undergone a sex re-assignment procedure shall be identified as being of the sex to which the person has been re-assigned.(4) Nothing in subsection (2) shall validate any such marriage which had been declared by the High Court before the commencement of the Women’s Charter (Amendment) Act 1996 to be null and void on the ground that the parties were of the same sex.”.