Singapore legislation

Regulation 3

of Women’s Charter (Enforcement of Maintenance Orders under Division 3 of Part 9) Regulations 2024

Regulation 3

Prescribed information for purposes of section 84(2)(a) of Act

Subregulation 1

For the purposes of section 84(2)(a) of the Act, the prescribed information that an applicant may be directed by the court to provide is all or any of the following:

(a)

an up‑to‑date computation of the maintenance arrears;

(b)

in relation to any bank account into which maintenance was paid or is to be paid —

(i)

information on the account balances and transactions made during the period when the maintenance arrears were allegedly not paid; and

(ii)

the bank passbook or bank statements showing the information mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i);

(c)

any other supporting document for any information mentioned in sub‑paragraphs (a) and (b).

Subregulation 2

For the purposes of section 84(2)(a) of the Act, the prescribed information that a respondent may be directed by the court to provide is all or any of the following:

(a)

an up‑to‑date computation of the maintenance arrears;

(b)

a list of the respondent’s monthly expenses and the supporting documents for the expenses;

(c)

a list of the monthly expenses of the beneficiary of the maintenance order that are paid for by the respondent, and the supporting documents for the expenses;

(d)

whether the respondent is employed or engaged in any trade, business, profession or vocation, and if so —

(i)

information on the respondent’s income from the respondent’s employment and engagement in any trade, business, profession or vocation during the last 6 months; and

(ii)

any supporting document —

(A)

showing that the respondent is employed or engaged in any trade, business, profession or vocation (as the case may be), including any contract of service between the respondent and his or her employer; and

(B)

showing the information mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i), including any pay slips;

(e)

information on the income tax paid by the respondent for the last 3 years of assessment, and the notices of assessment of income served on the respondent under the Income Tax Act 1947 for the last 3 years of assessment;

(f)

in relation to any bank account in which the respondent has an interest (whether or not the bank account is a Singapore bank account) —

(i)

information on the account balances and the transactions made during —

(A)

the period when the maintenance arrears were allegedly not paid; and

(B)

the period of 6 months immediately before the date on which the maintenance enforcement application was made;

(ii)

the latest account balance; and

(iii)

the bank passbook or bank statements showing the information mentioned in sub‑paragraphs (i) and (ii);

(g)

information on the transactions made in relation to any Central Provident Fund account (called in these Regulations CPF account) in the respondent’s name during the last 6 months;

(h)

information on any immovable property (whether situated in or outside Singapore) in which the respondent has a legal or beneficial interest, including (where applicable) the amount of property tax payable on the latest assessed value of each immovable property under the Property Tax Act 1960 or the laws of any country or territory outside Singapore;

(i)

information on any motor vehicle in which the respondent has a legal or beneficial interest, including the following:

(i)

the make, model and type of the vehicle;

(ii)

the date on which the respondent obtained a legal or beneficial interest in the vehicle;

(iii)

the date of expiry of the certificate of entitlement issued for the vehicle under the Road Traffic Act 1961;

(j)

information on the investments currently held by the respondent, including (where applicable) statements from CDP and other financial institutions (as defined in section 2 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2022) relating to any of those investments;

(k)

information on any private company of which the respondent is a shareholder, and the results of a “People Profile” search on the respondent from ACRA’s website at https://www.bizfile.gov.sg;

(l)

an up-to‑date computation of the respondent’s debts and the supporting documents for the debts;

(m)

information on any debt repayment scheme under the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 or the repealed Bankruptcy Act (Cap. 20, 2009 Revised Edition) in respect of the respondent that has not ceased and the debt repayment plan of the scheme;

(n)

whether the respondent, a sole proprietorship of the respondent or a partnership of which the respondent is a partner is an undischarged bankrupt, and if so —

(i)

each bankruptcy order made against the respondent, sole proprietorship or partnership; and

(ii)

information on the monthly and target contributions of the respondent, sole proprietorship or partnership under the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 or the repealed Bankruptcy Act;

(o)

any other supporting document for any information mentioned in sub‑paragraphs (a) to (n).

Subregulation 3

A party may provide an MEO with the prescribed information by transmitting an electronic record of the information to the MEO through STREAM or by any other means that the MEO may direct.