Singapore legislation

Clause 3

of Women’s Charter (Amendment) Bill

Clause 3

Amendment of section 2

Section 2 of the Women’s Charter is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Director”, the following definitions:“ “fit individual” means an individual whom the Director, having regard to the character of the individual, thinks competent to provide care and protection to another individual;“incapacitated former husband”, in relation to a dissolved or an annulled marriage, means a former husband to the marriage who —

(a)

during the subsistence of the marriage, was or became —

(i)

incapacitated, by any physical or mental disability or any illness, from earning a livelihood; and

(ii)

unable to maintain himself; and

(b)

continues to be unable to maintain himself;“incapacitated husband” means a husband who —

(a)

during the marriage, is or becomes —

(i)

incapacitated, by any physical or mental disability or any illness, from earning a livelihood; and

(ii)

unable to maintain himself; and

(b)

continues to be unable to maintain himself;”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “married woman”, the following definition:“ “messaging system” means any system that enables the transmission of short text messages, or of any visual communication, voice communication or electronic mail —

(a)

from a digital mobile telephone to another digital mobile telephone; or

(b)

from an electronic mail address to a digital mobile telephone, and the other way around;”;

(c)

by deleting the definition of “register of marriages”; and

(d)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “solemnization” and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:“ “State Marriage Register” means the State Marriage Register maintained under section 27.”.

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