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
Any person who —
fails to comply with section 91E(1) or (4) or 91G, or an order of a court under section 91F(1);
gives a notice mentioned in section 91E(4) or a statement pursuant to an order of a court under section 91F(1), which notice or statement the person knows to be false in a material particular; or
recklessly gives a notice mentioned in section 91E(4) or a statement pursuant to an order of a court under section 91F(1), which is false in a material particular,shall, subject to subsection (2), be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
It is a defence for a person charged with failing to comply with section 91E(1) to prove that the person took all reasonable steps to comply with the attachment of earnings order to which the failure relates.
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;
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