| REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE |
| GOVERNMENT GAZETTE |
| ACTS SUPPLEMENT |
| Published by Authority |
| NO. 2] | Friday, February 18 | [2022 |
| The following Act was passed by Parliament on 10 January 2022 and assented to by the President on 8 February 2022:— |
| Women’s Charter (Amendment) Act 2022 |
(No. 3 of 2022)
I assent.
President. 8 February 2022. |
| 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. |
| Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows: |
| Short title and commencement |
| 1. This Act is the Women’s Charter (Amendment) Act 2022 and comes into operation on a date that the Minister appoints by notification in the Gazette. |
| Amendment of section 2 |
2. Section 2(1) of the Women’s Charter is amended —
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| Amendment of section 3 |
| New section 3A |
4. The Women’s Charter is amended by inserting, immediately after section 3 in Part 1, the following section:
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| Repeal of section 8 and new Division 1 of Part 3 |
5. Section 8 of the Women’s Charter is repealed and the following Division and Division heading substituted therefor:
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| Amendment of section 9 |
6. Section 9 of the Women’s Charter is amended —
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| Amendment of section 10 |
| 7. Section 10 of the Women’s Charter is amended by deleting the word “Marriages” in the section heading and substituting the words “Avoidance of marriages”. |
| Amendment of section 12 |
8. Section 12 of the Women’s Charter is amended —
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| Repeal and re-enactment of section 13 |
9. Section 13 of the Women’s Charter is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:
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| Repeal and re-enactment of sections 14 to 18 and new Division heading of Part 3 |
10. Sections 14 to 18 of the Women’s Charter are repealed and the following Division heading and sections substituted therefor:
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| Amendment of section 19 |
11. Section 19 of the Women’s Charter is amended —
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| Amendment of section 20 |
| 12. Section 20(1) of the Women’s Charter is amended by deleting the word “licence” wherever it appears and substituting in each case the words “marriage licence”. |
| Amendment of section 21 |
13. Section 21 of the Women’s Charter is amended —
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| New sections 21A and 21B |
14. The Women’s Charter is amended by inserting, immediately after section 21, the following sections:
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| Repeal and re-enactment of sections 22, 23 and 24 and new Division 4 of Part 3 |
15. Sections 22, 23 and 24 of the Women’s Charter are repealed and the following Division and sections substituted therefor:
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| Amendment of section 25 |
| 16. Section 25 of the Women’s Charter is amended by deleting the word “after” and substituting the words “on or after”. |
| Amendment of section 26 |
17. Section 26 of the Women’s Charter is amended —
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| Amendment of section 27 |
| 18. Section 27 of the Women’s Charter is amended by deleting subsection (3). |
| Repeal of sections 28 to 32 and re-enactment of sections 28 to 31 |
19. Sections 28 to 32 of the Women’s Charter are repealed and the following sections substituted therefor:
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| Amendment of heading to Part 5 |
| 20. Part 5 of the Women’s Charter is amended by deleting the words “PENALTIES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS” in the Part heading and substituting the word “OFFENCES”. |
| Amendment of section 34 |
21. Section 34(1) of the Women’s Charter is amended —
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| Repeal and re-enactment of section 35 |
22. Section 35 of the Women’s Charter is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:
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| Amendment of section 37 |
23. Section 37 of the Women’s Charter is amended —
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| Amendment of section 40 |
24. Section 40 of the Women’s Charter is amended —
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| Amendment of section 41 |
25. Section 41 of the Women’s Charter is amended —
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| Repeal of section 43 |
| 26. Section 43 of the Women’s Charter is repealed. |
| Repeal and re-enactment of Part 6 |
27. Part 6 of the Women’s Charter is repealed and the following Part substituted therefor:
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| Amendment of section 94 |
| 28. Section 94(4) of the Women’s Charter is amended by deleting the words “Conciliation Officer” and substituting the words “conciliation officer”. |
| Repeal and re-enactment of section 95 and new section 95A |
29. Section 95 of the Women’s Charter is repealed and the following sections substituted therefor:
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| Repeal and re-enactment of section 98 |
30. Section 98 of the Women’s Charter is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:
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| New section 100A |
31. Part 10 of the Women’s Charter is amended by inserting, immediately after section 100 in Chapter 1, the following section:
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| Amendment of section 101 |
32. Section 101 of the Women’s Charter is amended by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:
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| Amendment of section 105 |
33. Section 105 of the Women’s Charter is amended —
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| Amendment of section 108 |
34. The Women’s Charter is amended by renumbering section 108 as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsection:
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| New sections 126A and 126B |
35. The Women’s Charter is amended by inserting, immediately after section 126, the following sections:
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| New section 132A |
36. Part 10 of the Women’s Charter is amended by inserting, immediately after section 132 in Chapter 5, the following section:
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| Repeal of section 136 |
| 37. Section 136 of the Women’s Charter is repealed. |
| New Part 10A |
38. The Women’s Charter is amended by inserting, immediately after section 139, the following Part:
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| Amendment of section 180 |
39. Section 180 of the Women’s Charter is amended —
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| Repeal and re-enactment of section 180A |
40. Section 180A of the Women’s Charter is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:
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| Amendment of section 182 |
41. Section 182 of the Women’s Charter is amended —
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| Amendment of Second Schedule |
42. The Second Schedule to the Women’s Charter is amended —
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| Related amendments to other Acts |
43.—(1) Section 2 of the COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures for Solemnization and Registration of Marriages) Act 2020 is repealed.
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| Saving and transitional provisions |
44.—(1) Where a licence to solemnise marriages —
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