Singapore legislation
Clause 19
Clause 19
Deletion of sections 71 to 71C and new section 71
In the Women’s Charter, replace sections 71 to 71C with —“Court’s power to make attachment of earnings order for maintenance under section 69 or 70, etc.71.—
A court may, when making a maintenance order under section 69 or 70 or at any time thereafter, if the court considers just, make an attachment of earnings order under this section to secure payment of any maintenance that will become payable under the maintenance order.(2) A Family Court may make an attachment of earnings order under this section to secure payments payable under a maintenance order made under section 69 or 70 by the General Division of the High Court.(3) No application for an attachment of earnings order under subsection (1) or (2) in respect of a maintenance order, and no application to vary or discharge such an attachment of earnings order, may be made if proceedings under Part 9 for the enforcement of the same maintenance order are pending.(4) Sections 91C to 91K apply, with the necessary modifications, to an attachment of earnings order under subsection (1) or (2).(5) In this section, “attachment of earnings order” has the meaning given by section 76(1).”.