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In forceAmended2020 Revised Edition
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Part 10

121C. Jurisdiction of court

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Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2021. 2 amendments in all.

The court has jurisdiction to hear an application for an order for financial relief only if —

(a)

one of the parties to the marriage was domiciled in Singapore on the date of the application for permission under section 121D or was so domiciled on the date on which the divorce, annulment or judicial separation obtained in a foreign country took effect in that country; or

(b)

one of the parties to the marriage was habitually resident in Singapore for a continuous period of one year immediately preceding the date of the application for permission under section 121D or was so resident for a continuous period of one year immediately preceding the date on which the divorce, annulment or judicial separation obtained in a foreign country took effect in that country.

Report

Part 10A

Amicable Settlement of Disputes

Part 10B

Court’S Power to Set Aside and Prevent Dispositions Intended to Defeat Maintenance Claims or Other Orders in Matrimonial Proceedings

Part 10C

Replacement Because of Death

Part 11

Offences Against Women and Girls

Part 12

Miscellaneous

Schedules