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Women’s Charter 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Monogamous Marriages
5. Void marriages
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Last amended by an amending law of 2016.
(1)
Every marriage contracted in Singapore or elsewhere in contravention of section 4 is void.
(2)
If any male person lawfully married under any law, religion, custom or usage, during the continuance of that marriage, contracts a union with a woman, that woman shall have no right of succession or inheritance on the death intestate of such male person.
(3)
Nothing in this section affects the liability of any person to pay such maintenance as may be directed to be paid by that person under any written law.