Women’s Charter 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Enforcement of Maintenance Orders
Last amended by an amending law of 2023.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
The amount that the court may order in an attachment of earnings order is a sum that seems reasonable to the court, after taking into account the resources and needs of the respondent and the needs of persons for whom the respondent must or reasonably should provide.
attachment of earnings order
“attachment of earnings order” means an order by a court requiring the person to whom the order in question is directed (being a person appearing to the court to be a respondent’s employer) to make payments in satisfaction of the order out of the earnings falling to be paid to the respondent;
attachment of earnings order
“attachment of earnings order” means an order by a court requiring the person to whom the order in question is directed (being a person appearing to the court to be a respondent’s employer) to make payments in satisfaction of the order out of the earnings falling to be paid to the respondent;
respondent
“respondent”, in relation to a maintenance order or a maintenance enforcement application in respect of a maintenance order, means the person liable to make payments under the maintenance order;
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