Singapore legislation

Clause 16

of Women’s Charter (Amendment) Bill

Clause 16

Related amendments to Children Development Co-Savings Act

The Children Development Co-Savings Act (Cap. 38A) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “more children,” in the long title, the words “to enable financial provision to be made for children of parents who have been granted a divorce, a judicial separation or an annulment of marriage through the co-savings scheme established under this Act,”;

(b)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of section 3(1)(a); and

(c)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (b) of section 3(1) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(c)make financial provision for the children of parents who have obtained a judgment for the dissolution or annulment of their marriage or judicial separation through the transfer of matrimonial assets divided between the parents by a court pursuant to the divorce, annulment or judicial separation proceedings into a child’s bank account opened under the co-savings scheme referred to in paragraph (b).”.