Family Justice (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2019

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 06 Sep 2019

No. S 611

Family Justice Act 2014

(ACT 27 OF 2014)

Family Justice (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2019

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 46 of the Family Justice Act 2014 and all other powers enabling us under any written law, we, the Family Justice Rules Committee, make the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Family Justice (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2019 and come into operation on 9 September 2019.

Amendment of rule 176A

2. Rule 176A of the Family Justice Rules 2014 (G.N. No. S 813/2014) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “21 years old” in paragraph (3)(a) and substituting the words “18 years old”; and

(b)

by deleting paragraph (4) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(4) The application must be made —

(a)

by P’s grandparent or parent; or

(b)

by one of the following persons who is at least 21 years old:

(i)	P’s spouse;
(ii)	P’s child;
(iii)	P’s sibling;
(iv)	a sibling of one of P’s parents;
(v)	a child of one of P’s siblings;
(vi)	P’s grandchild.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 144/2015; S 301/2016; S 610/2016; S 375/2017; S 416/2017; S 544/2017; S 617/2017; S 126/2018; S 409/2018; S 722/2018; S 834/2018; S 41/2019]

Made on 22 August 2019.

SUNDARESH MENON

Chief Justice.

JUDITH PRAKASH

Judge of Appeal.

DEBBIE ONG

Presiding Judge of the
Family Justice Courts.

KENNETH YAP YEW CHOH

Registrar of the
Family Justice Courts.

LIM HUI MIN

Director of Legal Aid.

YAP TEONG LIANG

Advocate and Solicitor.

FOO SIEW FONG

Advocate and Solicitor.

[AG/LEGIS/SL/104A/2015/1 Vol. 7]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 46(7) of the Family Justice Act 2014).

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