Women’s Charter (Registration of Marriages) (Amendment) Rules 2017

No. S 280

Women’s Charter

(CHAPTER 353)

Women’s Charter (Registration of Marriages)
(Amendment) Rules 2017

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 180(1) of the Women’s Charter, the Minister for Social and Family Development makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Women’s Charter (Registration of Marriages) (Amendment) Rules 2017 and come into operation on 1 July 2017.

Amendment of rule 4

2. Rule 4 of the Women’s Charter (Registration of Marriages) Rules (R 3) (called in these Rules the principal Rules) is amended by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(2) The following fees are payable for the grant of the licence:

(a)	where at least one party to the marriage is a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore — $280;
(b)	where neither party to the marriage is a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore — $380.”.

Amendment of rule 5

3. Rule 5 of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting sub‑paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (1) and substituting the following sub‑paragraphs:

“(a)	where at least one party to the marriage is a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore — $42;
(b)	where neither party to the marriage is a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore — $380.”;

(b)

by deleting “$15” in paragraph (2) and substituting “$25”; and

(c)

by deleting paragraph (3).

Amendment of rule 6

4. Rule 6 of the principal Rules is amended by deleting paragraphs (3) and (4) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(3) The following fees are payable for the grant of a special marriage licence under section 21 of the Act:

(a)	where at least one party to the marriage is a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore — $280;
(b)	where neither party to the marriage is a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore — $380.”.

Deletion of rule 10

5. Rule 10 of the principal Rules is deleted.

Amendment of rule 13

6. Rule 13 of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “entry in the register of marriages” in paragraph (1) and substituting the words “record contained in the State Marriage Register”;
(b)	by deleting the words “a Government department” in paragraph (2) and substituting the words “a public officer, for any official purpose”; and
(c)	by deleting the words “entry in register” in the rule heading and substituting the words “record contained in State Marriage Register”.

Deletion and substitution of rule 14

7. Rule 14 of the principal Rules is deleted and the following rule substituted therefor:

“Fee for issue of record, etc., in State Marriage Register

14.—(1) Subject to rule 13 and paragraphs (2) and (3), a fee of $35 is payable for the issue of a copy of or an extract from any record or information contained in the State Marriage Register.

(2) The fee specified in paragraph (1) does not apply to the issue of a copy of or an extract from any record or information mentioned in that paragraph —

(a)	to a public officer, for any official purpose; or
(b)	to a person approved by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Social and Family Development, for any official, statistical or research purpose.

(3) The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Social and Family Development may, in the circumstances of a particular case or a class of cases, waive the whole or any part of the fee specified in paragraph (1).”.

Amendment of rule 15

8. Rule 15 of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “of a valid customary marriage under section 182 of the Act” in paragraph (1) and substituting the words “under section 182 of the Act of a marriage that is solemnized under any law, religion, custom or usage,”;

(b)

by deleting “$55” in paragraph (2) and substituting “$75”; and

(c)

by deleting the rule heading and substituting the following rule heading:

“Registration of marriage solemnized under law, religion, custom or usage”.

Amendment of Schedule

9. Form A of the Schedule to the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “Special Marriage Licence under Section 10(2)” and substituting the words “Marriage Licence under Section 10(2)”.

[G.N. Nos. S 688/2002; S 46/2003; S 557/2005; S 227/2010; S 270/2011; S 498/2011; S 100/2012; S 290/2016]

Made on 30 May 2017.

CHEW HOCK YONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Social and Family Development,
Singapore.

[MSF 76-02-01 v39; AG/LEGIS/SL/353/2015/2 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 180(2) of the Women’s Charter).

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