Singapore legislation
Clause 65
Clause 65
Amendment of section 164
In the principal Act, in section 164 —
replace subsection (1) with —“(1) Where, upon an application for a family exclusion order under section 159, a Committee is satisfied that the respondent has caused serious harm to family members having regard to section 162(2) and further harm to family members is imminent, the Committee may make a provisional family exclusion order, even though the application under section 159 has not been determined.”;
in subsection (2), replace “whichever of the following dates occurs first” with “the first occurrence of any of the following events”;
in subsection (2), replace paragraphs (a) and (b) with —“(a)where the application for the family exclusion order under section 159 is withdrawn before it has been determined — upon the withdrawal of the application;
where the application for the family exclusion order under section 159 has been determined and —
the application is dismissed — upon the dismissal of the application; or
a family exclusion order is made — upon the family exclusion order taking effect;
where the application for the family exclusion order under section 159 has not been determined before the 28th day after the date of the making of the provisional family exclusion order — upon the 28th day after the date of the making of the provisional family exclusion order, or such later date as the Committee may determine in any particular case.”; and
delete subsection (3).