Last amended by an amending law of 2022. 3 amendments in all.
Except as otherwise provided, this Act applies to all persons in Singapore and also applies to all persons domiciled in Singapore.
It is declared that section 52 applies for the purposes of determining a woman’s domicile for the purposes of subsection (1).
Parts 2 to 6 (except for sections 6A, 6B and 6C) and Parts 10 and 10A and sections 181 and 182 do not apply to any person who is married under, or to any marriage solemnised or registered under, the provisions of the Muslim law or of any written law in Singapore or in Malaysia providing for the registration of Muslim marriages.
Nothing in Part 8 entitles an incapacitated husband who is married under the provisions of the Muslim law, or of any written law in Singapore or in Malaysia providing for the registration of Muslim marriages, to obtain any maintenance under that Part.
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;
Despite subsection (2), sections 4, 5 and 6 apply to any person who contracts or purports to contract any such marriage during the subsistence of a marriage registered or deemed to be registered under the provisions of this Act or which was contracted under a law providing that or in contemplation of which the marriage is monogamous.
No marriage between persons who are Muslims shall be solemnised or registered under this Act.
For the purposes of this Act, a person who is a citizen of Singapore is deemed, until the contrary is proved, to be domiciled in Singapore.