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
139L. Application of this Part
Last amended by an amending law of 2023.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
This Part applies where —
any matrimonial proceedings are pending;
an order has been made under section 112 and has not been complied with;
an order has been made under section 121E or 121G and has not been rescinded or complied with;
maintenance is payable under any agreement to or for the benefit of a wife or former wife, an incapacitated husband or incapacitated former husband, or a child; or
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;
a maintenance order has been made and has not been discharged or rescinded.
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;
Terms defined in this Act
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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