Singapore legislation

Clause 7

of Women’s Charter (Amendment) Bill

Clause 7

Amendment of section 17

Section 17 of the Women’s Charter is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “he” in subsections (2A) and (3) and substituting in each case the words “that party”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2A), the following subsection:“(2AA) The Registrar must not issue a marriage licence if either party to the proposed marriage makes a false declaration, in the statutory declaration referred to in subsection (2), that the party has not been previously convicted of either or both of the following offences:

(a)

an offence under section 57C(1) of the Immigration Act (Cap. 133);

(b)

an offence under section 494 of the Penal Code (Cap. 224).”;

(c)

by deleting the words “for the benefit of any child” in paragraph (b) of the definition of “maintenance order” in subsection (4) and substituting the words “former wife or an incapacitated husband or incapacitated former husband, or by way of maintenance for the benefit of any child,”; and

(d)

by deleting the words “section 2 of the Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act (Cap. 168) or” in paragraph (d) of the definition of “maintenance order” in subsection (4).

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