Singapore legislation
Clause 22
Clause 22
New sections 48A, 48B and 48C
The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately above section 49 under the sub-heading “Children and Young Persons in need of Care and Protection”, the following sections:“Voluntary care agreements48A. Where the Director is of the view that a voluntary care agreement will promote the welfare of a child or young person and it is practicable to enter into such voluntary care agreement with the parent or guardian of the child or young person, the Director may enter into such voluntary care agreement subject to such conditions and requirements as may be prescribed.Procedure48B.—
Subject to section 48C, all applications to a Juvenile Court under section 49 or 50 shall be made and heard in the same manner and in accordance with the same procedure as applications for summonses are made and heard by the District Court or a Magistrate’s Court under the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 (Act 15 of 2010) and an application under section 49 or 50 shall be deemed to be a complaint for the purposes of that Code.(2) For the avoidance of doubt, proceedings under section 49 or 50 shall not be treated as criminal proceedings.Service of summons48C.—
Every summons issued by a court in connection with any proceedings under section 49 or 50 may be served on the person concerned —
by delivering it to him;
by delivering it to any adult person who is a member of the family residing at his last known place of residence; or
by forwarding it by registered post in a cover addressed to him at his last known place of residence or business or at any address furnished by him.(2) Any summons sent by registered post to any person in accordance with subsection (1) shall be deemed to be duly served on the person to whom the summons is addressed at the time when the summons would in the ordinary course of post be delivered.(3) In proving service by registered post, it shall be sufficient to prove that the cover containing the summons was properly addressed, stamped and posted by registered post.”.