Women’s Charter 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Solemnisation of Marriages
12. Avoidance of marriages between persons of same sex
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A marriage solemnised in Singapore or elsewhere between persons who, at the date of the marriage, are not respectively male and female is void.
Subject to sections 5, 9, 10, 11, 11A and 13, a marriage solemnised in Singapore or elsewhere between a person who has undergone a sex re‑assignment procedure and any person of the opposite sex is and shall be deemed always to have been a valid marriage.
For the purpose of this section —
the sex of any party to a marriage as registered under the National Registration Act 1965 at the time of the marriage is prima facie evidence of the sex of the party; and
a person who has undergone a sex re‑assignment procedure is identified as being of the sex to which the person has been re‑assigned.
Nothing in subsection (2) validates any such marriage which had been declared by the High Court before 1 May 1997 to be null and void on the ground that the parties were of the same sex.