Women’s Charter 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Protection Against Family Violence
61A. Domestic exclusion, stay away and no contact orders
Last amended by an amending law of 2023.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
This section applies if, in an application for a protection order, the court makes an expedited order to restrain X from committing family violence against Y.
protection order
“protection order” means a protection order under section 60A(1);
The court may make one or more of the following orders if the court is satisfied, on a balance of probabilities, that the order or orders are necessary for the protection or personal safety of Y:
a domestic exclusion order excluding X from Y’s home and granting Y the right of exclusive occupation in relation to Y’s home;
a stay away order prohibiting X from entering and remaining in an area outside Y’s home or any other place frequented by Y;
a no contact order prohibiting X from visiting or communicating with Y.
An order under subsection (2) may be made —
on the initiative of the court; or
on an application by —
the applicant for the protection order; or
a protector.
An order under subsection (2) may be made —
when the court makes the expedited order against X; or
at any time while the expedited order against X has effect.
An order under subsection (2) may be made even if —
the protection order application has not been served on X;
the protection order application has not been served on X within a reasonable time before the hearing of the application; or
X has been served with the protection order application, but fails to appear at the hearing of the application.
An order under subsection (2) has effect from —
the date on which the order is served on X in the prescribed manner; or
any later date specified in the order.
The following supplementary provisions apply in relation to a domestic exclusion order:
the order may be made in respect of the whole or any part of Y’s home;
the order may be made regardless of who has a title or interest in Y’s home;
except to the extent provided for in the order, the order does not affect any title or interest that the excluded person or any other person might have in Y’s home.
An order under subsection (2) may be varied, suspended or revoked by the court —
on its own initiative; or
on an application by —
X;
the applicant for the protection order; or
a protector.
If the expedited order against X ceases to have effect, an order under subsection (2) also ceases to have effect.
expedited order
“expedited order” means an expedited order under section 61(2);
A person who knowingly contravenes an order under subsection (2) commits a family violence offence punishable under section 63C.
Terms defined in this Act
applicant
Defined · s 76“applicant” means a person who makes a maintenance enforcement application;
expedited order
Defined · s 58“expedited order” means an expedited order under section 61(2);
home
Defined · s 58“home”, in relation to a person, means the place or premises at which the person ordinarily resides;
place
Defined · s 2“place” means any building, house, office, flat, room or cubicle or any part thereof, and any open or enclosed space and includes a ship, boat or any vessel, whether afloat or not, and any vehicle;
protection order
Defined · s 58“protection order” means a protection order under section 60A(1);
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