Maintenance of Parents Act 1995 - Singapore Statutes Online

Applications on behalf of incapacitated applicants

11.—(1) Where an applicant is unable to make an application under this Act (whether by reason of physical or mental infirmity or for any other reason), an application may be made on the applicant’s behalf by —

(a)	any member of the applicant’s family;
(b)	any person in whose care the applicant resides; or
(c)	any other person whom the applicant has authorised to make the application. [27/2018]

(2) Without affecting subsection (1), if an applicant mentioned in that subsection is a vulnerable adult in respect of whom —

(a)	there is an order made by a court under section 14 or 15 of the Vulnerable Adults Act 2018; or
(b)	the Director‑General of Social Welfare or a protector has exercised any power under Division 1 or 2 of Part 2 of that Act,

the application may be made on the applicant’s behalf by the Director‑General of Social Welfare or a protector.

[27/2018; 30/2019]

(3) In this section —

“protector” means a protector appointed under section 3(2) of the Vulnerable Adults Act 2018;

“vulnerable adult” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Vulnerable Adults Act 2018.

[27/2018; 30/2019]

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