Singapore legislation

Clause 3

of Maintenance of Parents (Amendment) Bill

Clause 3

Amendment of section 5

Section 5 of the principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(2A) Without prejudice to the Tribunal’s powers under the Act, the President or a deputy President of the Tribunal may, with the consent of the applicant and the respondent, make a maintenance order reflecting the terms of any agreement reached between the parties in respect of a claim, and such order shall be deemed to be a maintenance order made by the Tribunal under this Act and enforceable in accordance with its terms.”.

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