Muslim Marriage and Divorce (Amendment) Rules 2022

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 14 Oct 2022

No. S 802

Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966

Muslim Marriage and Divorce
(Amendment) Rules 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 145 of the Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966, the President of Singapore makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Muslim Marriage and Divorce (Amendment) Rules 2022 and come into operation on 17 October 2022.

Amendment of rule 9C

2. In rule 9C of the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Rules (R 1) —

(a)

replace paragraph (4) with —

“(4) Before the filing of a proposed matrimonial property plan under paragraph (1)(b), the plaintiff must obtain the plaintiff’s relevant CPF statement and any additional CPF information, in the relevant Form and within such time as the Court may specify.”; and

(b)

in paragraph (5), delete “or (4)”.

Replacement of rule 45

3. Rule 45 of the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Rules is replaced with —

“Fees

45.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (6), the fees specified in the Third Schedule are payable for the matters stated in that Schedule.

(2) The Court may on an application by any person waive any fee, specified in Part I of the Third Schedule payable by that person to the Court, by reason of the poverty of that person or of circumstances beyond that person’s reasonable control or for any other good reason.

(3) The Registrar of Muslim Marriages, or a Deputy Registrar of Muslim Marriages authorised by the Registrar in writing, may on an application by any person waive any fee, specified in Part I of the Third Schedule payable by that person to the Registry of Muslim Marriages, by reason of the poverty of that person or of circumstances beyond that person’s reasonable control or for any other good reason.

(4) The Appeal Board or the Chief Executive may on an application by any person waive any fee, specified in Part II of the Third Schedule payable by that person to the Chief Executive, by reason of the poverty of that person or of circumstances beyond that person’s reasonable control or for any other good reason.

(5) The Permanent Secretary may, in the circumstances of a particular case or a class of cases, waive the whole or any part of any fee specified in the Third Schedule.

(6) Paragraphs (2) to (5) apply to any fee mentioned in those paragraphs whether incurred before, on or after 17 October 2022.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 163/2001; S 388/2001; S 101/2002; S 527/2002; S 1/2003; S 600/2005; S 51/2009; S 222/2010; S 495/2011; S 804/2017; S 639/2018]

Made on 4 October 2022.

By Command,

TAN KEE YONG

Secretary to the Cabinet,
Singapore.

[CRED-029-001-013; AG/LEGIS/SL/3/2020/1 Vol. 1]

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