Women’s Charter 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Enforcement of Maintenance Orders
91T. Contempt of court orders under this Part
Last amended by an amending law of 2023.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
Subject to subsection (2), the following provisions do not affect the powers of the court in relation to the punishment for a contempt of court:
section 81(1)(a) read with section 91B(1)(b), in the context of a breach of a maintenance order;
section 91O(1), in the context of a breach of a show‑payment order and a failure to show good cause for the breach.
Where a person is sentenced to a term of imprisonment under the provisions mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b) in respect of any breach of an order, that breach is not punishable as a contempt of court.
A person cannot be sentenced to imprisonment under the provisions mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b) in respect of any breach of an order which has been punished as a contempt of court.
Terms defined in this Act
maintenance order
Defined · s 8“maintenance order” means —(a)an order for the payment of monthly sums or a lump sum for the maintenance of a wife, an incapacitated husband or a child made or deemed to be made by a court under Part 8;(b)an order for the payment of monthly or periodical sums or a lump sum by way of maintenance or alimony to a wife or former wife or an incapacitated husband or incapacitated former husband, or by way of maintenance for the benefit of any child, under Part 10;(c)an order for maintenance made by the Syariah Court under the Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966; or(d)a maintenance order as defined in section 2 of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1975;
show‑payment order
Defined · s 76“show‑payment order” means an order under section 81(2)(c) or (4)(a)(i).
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Part 9A
Additional Provisions Relating to Part 7, 8 or 9
Part 10
Part 10A
Amicable Settlement of Disputes
Part 10B
Court’S Power to Set Aside and Prevent Dispositions Intended to Defeat Maintenance Claims or Other Orders in Matrimonial Proceedings
Part 10C
Replacement Because of Death
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