Singapore legislation
Section 102
Section 102
Contribution order
(1)
When an order has been made by a Juvenile Court committing a child or young person to the care of a fit person or sending him to a place of safety, a place of detention, a hostel, or an approved school, the Juvenile Court which makes the order may, at the same time or subsequently, make an order (referred to in this section as a contribution order) on the parent or guardian or other person having the custody of the child or young person requiring him to contribute such weekly or monthly sum as the Juvenile Court, having regard to his means, thinks fit.
(2)
An order made under subsection (1) may be made against a parent or guardian or other person having the custody of the child or young person, who, having been required to attend, has failed to do so; but save as aforesaid, no such order shall be made without giving the parent or guardian or other person having the custody of the child or young person an opportunity to be heard.
(3)
A contribution order shall remain in force, in the case of a child or young person committed to the care of a fit person, so long as the order for his committal is in force, and in the case of a child or young person ordered to be sent to a place of safety, a place of detention, or an approved school, until he ceases to be under the care of the person in charge for the time being of such place of safety, place of detention or approved school:Provided that no contribution shall be payable under a contribution order in respect of any period during which a person ordered to be sent to a place of safety, a place of detention or an approved school is on parole licence or released under the supervision of a probation officer.
(4)
A contribution order made under this section —
may be varied, revoked or suspended by the Court; and
shall not be so varied as to increase any contribution payable thereunder without giving the person making the contribution an opportunity to be heard.
(5)
If any person wilfully neglects to comply with a contribution order made under this section, the Court may, for every breach of the order, by warrant, direct the amount due to be levied in the manner by law provided for levying fines imposed by Magistrates, or may sentence the person to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month for each month’s contribution remaining unpaid.