Women’s Charter 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 10B · Court’S Power to Set Aside and Prevent Dispositions Intended to Defeat Maintenance Claims or Other Orders in Matrimonial Proceedings
139K. Interpretation of this Part
Last amended by an amending law of 2023.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
In this Part —“appointed day” means the date of commencement of section 31 of the Family Justice Reform Act 2023;“maintenance order” means any of the following orders, whether made before, on or after the appointed day:
appointed day
“appointed day” means the date of commencement of section 24 of the Family Justice Reform Act 2023;
an order for the payment of monthly sums or a lump sum for the maintenance of a wife, an incapacitated husband or a child, made or deemed to be made by a court under Part 8;
incapacitated husband
“incapacitated husband” means a husband who —(a)during the marriage, is or becomes —(i)incapacitated, by any physical or mental disability or any illness, from earning a livelihood; and(ii)unable to maintain himself; and(b)continues to be unable to maintain himself;
an order for the payment of monthly or periodical sums or a lump sum by way of maintenance or alimony to a wife or former wife or an incapacitated husband or incapacitated former husband, or by way of maintenance for the benefit of any child, under Part 10;
incapacitated former husband
“incapacitated former husband”, in relation to a dissolved or an annulled marriage, means a former husband to the marriage who —(a)during the subsistence of the marriage, was or became —(i)incapacitated, by any physical or mental disability or any illness, from earning a livelihood; and(ii)unable to maintain himself; and(b)continues to be unable to maintain himself;
an order for maintenance made by the Syariah Court under the Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966;
an order for the payment of money in respect of the maintenance of an infant made under the Guardianship of Infants Act 1934;
an order for maintenance made under the Maintenance of Parents Act 1995;
a maintenance order, as defined in section 2 of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1975, which is registered or confirmed by the court under that Act.
maintenance order
“maintenance order” means —(a)an order for the payment of monthly sums or a lump sum for the maintenance of a wife, an incapacitated husband or a child made or deemed to be made by a court under Part 8;(b)an order for the payment of monthly or periodical sums or a lump sum by way of maintenance or alimony to a wife or former wife or an incapacitated husband or incapacitated former husband, or by way of maintenance for the benefit of any child, under Part 10;(c)an order for maintenance made by the Syariah Court under the Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966; or(d)a maintenance order as defined in section 2 of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1975;
“appointed day” means the date of commencement of section 31 of the Family Justice Reform Act 2023;
“maintenance order” means any of the following orders, whether made before, on or after the appointed day:
an order for the payment of monthly sums or a lump sum for the maintenance of a wife, an incapacitated husband or a child, made or deemed to be made by a court under Part 8;
child
“child” means a child of the marriage as defined in section 92 but who is below 21 years of age.
an order for the payment of monthly or periodical sums or a lump sum by way of maintenance or alimony to a wife or former wife or an incapacitated husband or incapacitated former husband, or by way of maintenance for the benefit of any child, under Part 10;
an order for maintenance made by the Syariah Court under the Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966;
an order for the payment of money in respect of the maintenance of an infant made under the Guardianship of Infants Act 1934;
an order for maintenance made under the Maintenance of Parents Act 1995;
a maintenance order, as defined in section 2 of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1975, which is registered or confirmed by the court under that Act.
Terms defined in this Act
appointed day
Defined · s 76“appointed day” means the date of commencement of section 24 of the Family Justice Reform Act 2023;
child
Defined · s 122“child” means a child of the marriage as defined in section 92 but who is below 21 years of age.
incapacitated former husband
Defined · s 2“incapacitated former husband”, in relation to a dissolved or an annulled marriage, means a former husband to the marriage who —(a)during the subsistence of the marriage, was or became —(i)incapacitated, by any physical or mental disability or any illness, from earning a livelihood; and(ii)unable to maintain himself; and(b)continues to be unable to maintain himself;
incapacitated husband
Defined · s 2“incapacitated husband” means a husband who —(a)during the marriage, is or becomes —(i)incapacitated, by any physical or mental disability or any illness, from earning a livelihood; and(ii)unable to maintain himself; and(b)continues to be unable to maintain himself;
maintenance order
Defined · s 8“maintenance order” means —(a)an order for the payment of monthly sums or a lump sum for the maintenance of a wife, an incapacitated husband or a child made or deemed to be made by a court under Part 8;(b)an order for the payment of monthly or periodical sums or a lump sum by way of maintenance or alimony to a wife or former wife or an incapacitated husband or incapacitated former husband, or by way of maintenance for the benefit of any child, under Part 10;(c)an order for maintenance made by the Syariah Court under the Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966; or(d)a maintenance order as defined in section 2 of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1975;
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