Singapore legislation
Clause 5
Clause 5
Amendment of section 5
Section 5 of the Ordinance is hereby amended —
(a)
by deleting the word “invalid” appearing at the end of subsection (1) thereof and in the marginal note thereto and substituting therefor in each case the word “void”; and
(b)
by deleting subsection (2) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(2) If any male person lawfully married under any law, religion, custom or usage shall during the continuance of such marriage contract a union with a woman, such woman shall have no right of succession or inheritance on the death intestate of such male person.”.