Singapore legislation
Clause 30
Clause 30
Amendment of section 126
Section 126 of the Women’s Charter is amended —
by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsections:“(2A) An order for the care and control of a child may be made subject to such conditions as the court may think fit to impose.(2B) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2A), an order for the care and control of a child may —
contain conditions as to the place where the child is to reside;
provide for the child to visit a parent who does not have custody or care and control of the child, or any member of the family of a parent who is dead or does not have custody or care and control of the child, at such times and for such periods as the court may consider reasonable;
give a parent who does not have custody or care and control of the child, or any member of the family of a parent who is dead or does not have custody or care and control of the child, the right of access to the child at such times and with such frequency as the court may consider reasonable; or
prohibit the person given care and control of the child from taking the child out of Singapore.”;
by deleting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:“(3) Despite subsections (1) and (2A), where an order for custody, or an order for care and control, is in force, a person must not take the child who is the subject of the order out of Singapore, except with the written consent of both parents or the leave of the court.”; and
by deleting the word “custody” wherever it appears in subsection (4) and substituting in each case the words “custody, or care and control,”.