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Women’s Charter 1961
Part 10
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Women’s Charter 1961

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1Preliminary

2Monogamous Marriages

3Solemnisation of Marriages

4Registration

5Offences Relating to Solemnisation and Registration of Marriages

6Rights and Duties of Husband and Wife

7Protection Against Family Violence

8Maintenance of Wife, Incapacitated Husband and Children

9Enforcement of Maintenance Orders

9AAdditional Provisions Relating to Part 7, 8 or 9

Part 10

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121DPermission of court required for applications for financial relief
121EInterim orders for financial provision
121FDuty of court to consider whether Singapore is appropriate forum for application
121GOrders for financial relief
122Meaning of “child”
123Arrangements for welfare of children
124Orders on welfare of children
125Paramount consideration to be welfare of child
126Orders subject to conditions
126AEnforcement of custody order, etc.
126BEnforcement of child access order
127Power of court to order maintenance for children
128Power of court to vary order for custody, etc.
129Power of court to vary agreement for custody, etc.
130Court to have regard to advice of welfare officers, etc.
131Power of court to restrain taking of child out of Singapore
132Repealed
132AProgrammes for children
133Procedure
134Evidence
135Repealed
136Repealed
137Appeals
138Power to allow intervention on terms
139Repealed

10AAmicable Settlement of Disputes

10BCourt’S Power to Set Aside and Prevent Dispositions Intended to Defeat Maintenance Claims or Other Orders in Matrimonial Proceedings

10CReplacement Because of Death

11Offences Against Women and Girls

12Miscellaneous

Schedules

Women’s Charter 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 10

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Offences Against Women and Girls

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