Mental Capacity Act - Singapore Statutes Online

Excluded decisions

26. Nothing in this Act permits a decision on any of the following matters to be made on behalf of a person:

(a)	consenting to marriage;
(b)	consenting to touching of a sexual nature;
(c)	consenting to a decree of divorce being granted on the basis of 3 years’ separation;
(d)	consenting to the making of an adoption order under the Adoption of Children Act (Cap. 4);
(e)	adopting or renouncing a religion;
(f)	receiving treatment for change of gender;
(g)	consenting or revoking consent to treatment for sexual sterilization within the meaning of the Voluntary Sterilization Act (Cap. 347);
(h)	consenting or revoking consent to treatment to terminate pregnancy;
(i)	registering or withdrawing an objection under section 9 of the Human Organ Transplant Act (Cap. 131A) in respect of removal of an organ from the person upon his death;
(j)	making or revoking an advance medical directive under section 3 or 7 of the Advance Medical Directive Act (Cap. 4A);
(k)	making or revoking a gift of a body or any part thereof under section 3 or 9 of the Medical (Therapy, Education and Research) Act (Cap. 175);
(l)	such other matter as may be prescribed.

[UK MCA 2005, s. 27]

[18/2009]