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In forceAmended2020 Revised Edition

Part 2 · Monogamous Marriages

6. Offence

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Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2019.

Any person lawfully married under any law, religion, custom or usage who during the continuance of that marriage purports to contract a marriage in Singapore or elsewhere under any law, religion, custom or usage in contravention of section 4 is deemed to commit the offence of marrying again during the lifetime of the husband or wife (as the case may be) within the meaning of section 6A.

Report

Part 3

Solemnisation of Marriages

Part 4

Registration

Part 5

Offences Relating to Solemnisation and Registration of Marriages

Part 6

Rights and Duties of Husband and Wife

Part 7

Protection Against Family Violence

Part 8

Maintenance of Wife, Incapacitated Husband and Children

Part 9

Enforcement of Maintenance Orders

Part 9A

Additional Provisions Relating to Part 7, 8 or 9

Part 10

Part 10A

Amicable Settlement of Disputes

Part 10B

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

Part 10C

Replacement Because of Death

Part 11

Offences Against Women and Girls

Part 12

Miscellaneous

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