Clause 16

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections:“(1) The court may, on the application of a wife, and on due proof that her husband has neglected or refused to provide reasonable maintenance for her, order the husband to pay a monthly allowance or a lump sum for the maintenance of that wife.(1A) The court may, on the application of an incapacitated husband, and on due proof that his wife has neglected or refused to provide reasonable maintenance for him, order the wife to pay a monthly allowance or a lump sum for the maintenance of that husband.(1B) The court may make an order under subsection (1) or (1A) regardless when the marriage was solemnized, whether before, on or after the date of commencement of section 16(a) of the Women’s Charter (Amendment) Act 2016.”;

by deleting the words “a wife or child” in subsection (4) and substituting the words “a wife, an incapacitated husband or a child”;

by inserting, immediately after the word “wife” in subsection (4)(a), (b) and (c), the words “, incapacitated husband”;

by deleting paragraph (f) of subsection (4) and substituting the following paragraph:“(f)the standard of living enjoyed —

by the wife before her husband neglected or refused to provide reasonable maintenance for her;

by the incapacitated husband before his wife neglected or refused to provide reasonable maintenance for him; or

by the child before a parent neglected or refused to provide reasonable maintenance for the child;”; and

by inserting, immediately after the word “wife” in the section heading, the words “, incapacitated husband”.