Singapore legislation
Clause 50
Clause 50
Related amendments to Adoption of Children Act
The Adoption of Children Act (Cap. 4, 2012 Ed.) is amended —
by deleting the definition of “court” in section 2 and substituting the following definition:“ “court” means the High Court or a Family Court;”;
by deleting subsection (1) of section 10;
by deleting subsection (2) of section 10 and substituting the following subsections:“(1) The Family Justice Rules Committee constituted under section 46(1) of the Family Justice Act 2014 may make Family Justice Rules —
to prescribe any matter which may be prescribed under this Act;
to provide for the manner in which any application to the court is to be made, heard and determined; and
to provide for all matters of procedure and incidental matters under this Act.(2) The Family Justice Rules may, instead of providing for any matter, refer to any provision made or to be made about that matter by practice directions issued for the time being by the registrar of the Family Justice Courts.”;
by deleting the words “any rules made under this section” in section 10(3) and substituting the words “the Family Justice Rules”; and
by deleting the section heading of section 10 and substituting the following section heading:“Procedure”.