Singapore legislation

Clause 20

Amendment of section 80

(1)

Section 80 of the Women’s Charter is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “for the benefit of any child” in paragraph (b) of the definition of “maintenance order” and substituting the words “former wife or an incapacitated husband or incapacitated former husband, or by way of maintenance for the benefit of any child,”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the word “under” in paragraph (e) of the definition of “maintenance order”, the words “the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act (Cap. 169) or”.

(2)

Section 80 of the Women’s Charter as amended by subsection (1)(b) is amended by deleting paragraph (e) of the definition of “maintenance order” and substituting the following paragraph:“(e)a maintenance order, as defined in section 2 of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act (Cap. 169), which is registered or confirmed by the court under that Act.”.

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