Women’s Charter 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Enforcement of Maintenance Orders
91M. Financial counselling
Last amended by an amending law of 2023.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
Where a court has made a maintenance enforcement order mentioned in section 91B(1)(e) requiring a respondent to attend financial counselling or any other similar or related programme but the respondent fails to comply with the order, any of the following persons may make a complaint to the court regarding the non‑compliance:
maintenance enforcement order
“maintenance enforcement order” means an order mentioned in section 91B(1);
the person who is to have provided the financial counselling or conducted the similar or related programme ordered by the court;
the Director‑General or any person appointed by the Director‑General, where the court has ordered the respondent to attend financial counselling or any other similar or related programme under the direction or supervision of the Director‑General.
Director‑General
“Director‑General”, except in Part 7, means the Director‑General of Social Welfare and includes any person who is authorised by the Director‑General to perform any of the duties or exercise any of the powers of the Director‑General under this Act;
Terms defined in this Act
Director‑General
Defined · s 2“Director‑General”, except in Part 7, means the Director‑General of Social Welfare and includes any person who is authorised by the Director‑General to perform any of the duties or exercise any of the powers of the Director‑General under this Act;
maintenance enforcement order
Defined · s 76“maintenance enforcement order” means an order mentioned in section 91B(1);
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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Amicable Settlement of Disputes
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Court’S Power to Set Aside and Prevent Dispositions Intended to Defeat Maintenance Claims or Other Orders in Matrimonial Proceedings
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