Women’s Charter 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Enforcement of Maintenance Orders
91J. Earnings paid by Government or out of Consolidated Fund
Last amended by an amending law of 2023.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
In relation to earnings falling to be paid by the Government or out of the Consolidated Fund pursuant to an attachment of earnings order, the earnings are to be treated as falling to be paid by the chief officer for the time being of the department, office or other body concerned.
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;
If any question arises, in connection with any maintenance enforcement proceedings, as to what department, office or other body is concerned for the purposes of this section, or as to who for those purposes is the chief officer thereof, that question is to be referred to and determined by the Minister charged with the responsibility for finance, but that Minister is not under any obligation to consider a reference under this subsection unless it is made by a court.
maintenance enforcement proceedings
“maintenance enforcement proceedings” means the proceedings in court arising from any application under this Part, including any appeal against any decision made by the court on the application;
A document purporting to set out a determination of the Minister charged with the responsibility for finance under subsection (2) and to be signed by an official of the Ministry under the charge of that Minister is, in any such proceedings as are mentioned in that subsection, admissible in evidence and presumed to contain an accurate statement of such a determination unless the contrary is shown.
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;
maintenance enforcement proceedings
Defined · s 76“maintenance enforcement proceedings” means the proceedings in court arising from any application under this Part, including any appeal against any decision made by the court on the application;
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