Singapore legislation

Clause 66

of Family Justice Bill

Clause 66

Consequential and related amendments to Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act

The Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act (Cap. 169, 1985 Ed.) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “Magistrate’s Court or District Court” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “Family Court”:Sections 4(1), (4), (5) and (6) and 8(4); and

(b)

by deleting subsection (2) of section 8 and substituting the following subsection:“(2) A registered order which has been registered or confirmed by a Family Court (or any other court in Singapore) shall be enforceable as if the order had been made under Part VIII of the Women’s Charter (Cap. 353).”.