Women’s Charter 1961 · s 91F

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—(1) The court may, when considering whether to make, discharge or vary an attachment of earnings order in respect of a respondent —(a)order the respondent to give to the court, within the period specified by the order, a statement signed by the respondent of —(i)the name, address and other contact details of the respondent’s employer, or of each of the respondent’s employers if he or she has more than one;(ii)any particulars as to the respondent’s earnings specified by the order; and(iii)any prescribed particulars specified by the order for the purpose of enabling the respondent to be identified by any employer of his or hers;(b)order any person appearing to the court to be an employer of the respondent to give to the court, within the period specified by the order, a statement signed by the person or on the person’s behalf of any particulars that may be so specified of all earnings of the respondent which fell to be paid by that person during the period specified by the order; and(c)order the Central Provident Fund Board to provide a statement to the applicant stating the following information, if the information is available to the Board based on records kept by the Board:(i)the name and address of the respondent’s employer or employers or, if the respondent is unemployed, the respondent’s last known employer or employers in the 12 months immediately preceding the date of the order;(ii)the contributions (if any) made by the respondent or his or her employer to the respondent’s Central Provident Fund account in the 12 months immediately preceding the date of the order.(2) A document purporting to be a statement mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) is to be received in evidence in the proceedings before the court and is presumed to be such a statement without further proof unless the contrary is shown.(3) In subsection (1)(c), “employer” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Central Provident Fund Act 1953.
The court may, when considering whether to make, discharge or vary an attachment of earnings order in respect of a respondent —(a)order the respondent to give to the court, within the period specified by the order, a statement signed by the respondent of —(i)the name, address and other contact details of the respondent’s employer, or of each of the respondent’s employers if he or she has more than one;(ii)any particulars as to the respondent’s earnings specified by the order; and(iii)any prescribed particulars specified by the order for the purpose of enabling the respondent to be identified by any employer of his or hers;(b)order any person appearing to the court to be an employer of the respondent to give to the court, within the period specified by the order, a statement signed by the person or on the person’s behalf of any particulars that may be so specified of all earnings of the respondent which fell to be paid by that person during the period specified by the order; and(c)order the Central Provident Fund Board to provide a statement to the applicant stating the following information, if the information is available to the Board based on records kept by the Board:(i)the name and address of the respondent’s employer or employers or, if the respondent is unemployed, the respondent’s last known employer or employers in the 12 months immediately preceding the date of the order;(ii)the contributions (if any) made by the respondent or his or her employer to the respondent’s Central Provident Fund account in the 12 months immediately preceding the date of the order.
A document purporting to be a statement mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) is to be received in evidence in the proceedings before the court and is presumed to be such a statement without further proof unless the contrary is shown.
In subsection (1)(c), “employer” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Central Provident Fund Act 1953.

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s 91FAdditional powers of court to obtain information relating to attachment of earnings order

(1)

The court may, when considering whether to make, discharge or vary an attachment of earnings order in respect of a respondent —

(a)

order the respondent to give to the court, within the period specified by the order, a statement signed by the respondent of —

(i)

the name, address and other contact details of the respondent’s employer, or of each of the respondent’s employers if he or she has more than one;

(ii)

any particulars as to the respondent’s earnings specified by the order; and

(iii)

any prescribed particulars specified by the order for the purpose of enabling the respondent to be identified by any employer of his or hers;

(b)

order any person appearing to the court to be an employer of the respondent to give to the court, within the period specified by the order, a statement signed by the person or on the person’s behalf of any particulars that may be so specified of all earnings of the respondent which fell to be paid by that person during the period specified by the order; and

(c)

order the Central Provident Fund Board to provide a statement to the applicant stating the following information, if the information is available to the Board based on records kept by the Board:

(i)

the name and address of the respondent’s employer or employers or, if the respondent is unemployed, the respondent’s last known employer or employers in the 12 months immediately preceding the date of the order;

(ii)

the contributions (if any) made by the respondent or his or her employer to the respondent’s Central Provident Fund account in the 12 months immediately preceding the date of the order.

(2)

A document purporting to be a statement mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) is to be received in evidence in the proceedings before the court and is presumed to be such a statement without further proof unless the contrary is shown.

(3)

In subsection (1)(c), “employer” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Central Provident Fund Act 1953.