Women’s Charter 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Enforcement of Maintenance Orders
91G. Obligation to notify changes of employment and earnings
Last amended by an amending law of 2023.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
While an attachment of earnings order is in force —
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;
the respondent must from time to time notify in writing the court which made the order of every occasion on which the respondent’s employment is terminated or otherwise ends, or the respondent becomes employed or re‑employed, not later (in each case) than 7 days after the date on which the respondent did so;
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;
the respondent must, on any occasion when the respondent becomes employed or re‑employed, include in his or her notification under paragraph (a) particulars of his or her earnings and anticipated earnings from the relevant employment; and
earnings
“earnings”, in relation to a respondent, means any sums payable to the respondent —(a)by way of wages or salary, including any fees, bonus, commission, overtime pay or other emoluments payable in addition to wages or salary by the person paying the wages or salary or payable under a contract of service; or(b)by way of pension, including an annuity in respect of past services, whether or not the services were rendered to the person paying the annuity, and including periodical payments by way of compensation for the loss, abolition or relinquishment, or any diminution in the emoluments, of any office or employment;
any person who becomes the respondent’s employer and knows that the order is in force and by what court it was made must, within 7 days after the date that the person becomes the respondent’s employer or acquires that knowledge (whichever is the later), notify that court in writing that the person is the respondent’s employer, and include in that notification a statement of the respondent’s earnings and anticipated earnings.
employer
“employer” means a person by whom, as a principal and not as an employee or agent, earnings fall to be paid to a respondent, and references to payment of earnings are to be construed accordingly;
Terms defined in s 76
attachment of earnings order
Defined · s 76“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;
earnings
Defined · s 76“earnings”, in relation to a respondent, means any sums payable to the respondent —(a)by way of wages or salary, including any fees, bonus, commission, overtime pay or other emoluments payable in addition to wages or salary by the person paying the wages or salary or payable under a contract of service; or(b)by way of pension, including an annuity in respect of past services, whether or not the services were rendered to the person paying the annuity, and including periodical payments by way of compensation for the loss, abolition or relinquishment, or any diminution in the emoluments, of any office or employment;
employer
Defined · s 76“employer” means a person by whom, as a principal and not as an employee or agent, earnings fall to be paid to a respondent, and references to payment of earnings are to be construed accordingly;
respondent
Defined · s 76“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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