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An Act to provide for monogamous marriages and for the solemnisation and registration of such marriages; to amend and consolidate the law relating to divorce, the rights and duties of married persons, the protection of family, the maintenance of wives, incapacitated husbands and children and the punishment of offences against women and girls ...
Oct 31, 2009 · An Act to provide for monogamous marriages and for the solemnization and registration of such marriages; to amend and consolidate the law relating to divorce, the rights and duties of married persons, the protection of family, the maintenance of wives and children and the punishment of offences against women and girls; and to provide ...
Except where an agreement or order of court otherwise provides, it shall be the duty of a parent to maintain or contribute to the maintenance of his or her children, whether they are in his or her custody or the custody of any other person, and whether they are legitimate or illegitimate, either by providing them with such accommodation, clothin...
1. This Act may be cited as the Women’s Charter. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —. “solemnization”, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, includes the contracting of a marriage or effecting a marriage in accordance with the law, religion, custom or usage of the parties or any of the parties ...
156 Director‑General may examine women and girls and person in charge of them. 158 Security on departure of woman or girl from Singapore. 159 Woman or girl below the age of 21 trained or used for immoral purposes, etc. 160 Director‑General may order detention or commitment of woman or girl in certain cases.
5 days ago · Subsidiary Legislation. Women’s Charter 1961. Status: Current version as at 14 Nov 2024. Authorising Act. Amendment RSS Feed.
The Women’s Charter first took shape as an election promise by the People’s Action Party, and came into effect in 1961. Introduced at a time when polygamy was a common practice and the legal rights of women here were murkily defined, it marked a great leap forward for gender equality in Singapore.
The Women's Charter 1961 is an Act of the Singaporean Parliament passed in 1961. The Act was designed to improve and protect the rights of women in Singapore and to guarantee greater legal equality for women in legally sanctioned relationships (except in the area of Muslims marriages, which are governed separately by the ...
Women’s Charter (Amendment) Bill Bill No. 43/2021. Read the first time on 1 November 2021. A BILL intituled An Act to amend the Women’s Charter, to make related amendments to certain other Acts and to repeal the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures for Solemnization and Registration of Marriages) Act 2020.
Jul 4, 2023 · SINGAPORE: Amendments to Singapore's Women’s Charter were passed on Tuesday (Jul 4) with the aims of better protecting victims of family violence and giving the government more powers to deal...
