Women’s Charter 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Protection Against Family Violence
62B. Service and duration of emergency orders
Last amended by an amending law of 2023.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
This section applies if an emergency order is made against X to restrain X from committing family violence against Y.
emergency order
“emergency order” means an emergency order under section 62(1);
The emergency order takes effect when it is served on X.
The emergency order may only be served in one of the following ways:
by serving the emergency order on X personally;
by affixing the emergency order in the prescribed manner at X’s home.
The person serving the emergency order must explain to X —
what the emergency order requires of X; and
the consequences of contravening the emergency order.
However, failure to comply with subsection (4) does not invalidate the service of the emergency order.
Subject to subsection (7), the emergency order has effect for 14 days (including the day on which it is served).
The emergency order ceases to have effect if —
the court makes a protection order or expedited order restraining X from committing family violence against Y; or
a protector cancels the emergency order by written notice to X.
Subject to section 62C, the expiry or cancellation of the emergency order does not prevent any protector from issuing a fresh emergency order.
Terms defined in s 58
emergency order
Defined · s 58“emergency order” means an emergency order under section 62(1);
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;
protection order
Defined · s 58“protection order” means a protection order under section 60A(1);
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