Clause 2

by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and substituting the following paragraph:“(a)that, where any party to the intended marriage is not a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore, at least one of the parties has been physically present in Singapore for a period of at least 15 days preceding the date of the notice;”;

by deleting the word “and” at the end of subsection (2)(d);

by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (e) of subsection (2) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(f)that, where any party to the intended marriage is a person to whom section 17A applies, both parties have attended and completed a marriage preparation programme.”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsections:“(2A) Where one of the parties to the proposed marriage has been previously married but is divorced, the Registrar shall not issue a marriage licence unless that party also states, in the statutory declaration referred to in subsection (2), whether he owes any arrears in respect of any maintenance which is payable under a maintenance order.(2B) The statutory declaration referred to in subsection (2) shall be made by each party to the proposed marriage in the presence of the other party.”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(4) In this section —“maintenance order” means —

an order for the payment of a monthly allowance made or deemed to be made by a court under Part VIII;

an order for the payment of periodical sums by way of maintenance or alimony to a wife or for the benefit of any child under Part X;

an order for maintenance made by the Syariah Court under the Administration of Muslim Law Act (Cap. 3); or

a maintenance order as defined in section 2 of the Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act (Cap. 168) or section 2 of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act (Cap. 169);“marriage preparation programme” has the same meaning as in section 17A(3);“permanent resident of Singapore” means a person who holds an entry permit under section 10 of the Immigration Act (Cap. 133) or a re-entry permit under section 11 of that Act.”.