Singapore legislation

Clause 104

of Women’s Charter

Clause 104

Non-compliance with decree deemed to be desertion

If the respondent fails to comply with a decree of the court for restitution of conjugal rights, such respondent shall thereupon be deemed to have been guilty of desertion without reasonable cause and a suit for judicial separation may forthwith be instituted, and a decree of judicial separation may be pronounced although the period of two years has not elapsed since the failure to comply with the decree for restitution of conjugal rights.