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No. S 667

Women’s Charter

(CHAPTER 353)

Women’s Charter (Matrimonial Proceedings)
(Amendment No. 2) Rules 2014

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 139(1) and (2) of the Women’s Charter, we, the committee constituted under section 139(1) of the Women’s Charter, hereby make the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Women’s Charter (Matrimonial Proceedings) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2014 and shall come into operation on 1 October 2014.

Amendment of rule 2

2. Rule 2(1) of the Women’s Charter (Matrimonial Proceedings) Rules (R 4) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended by deleting the definition of “Registrar” and substituting the following definition:

“ “Registrar” means the Registrar of the Supreme Court or the registrar of the Family Justice Courts, as the case may be;”.

Amendment of rule 41

3. Rule 41(5) of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “State Courts” in sub-paragraph (a)(i), the words “or the Family Justice Courts”.

Amendment of rule 50

4. Rule 50 of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)	by inserting, immediately after the words “Magistrate’s Court”, the words “or a Family Court”; and
(b)	by inserting, immediately after the words “Magistrate’s Court” in the rule heading, the words “or Family Court”.

Amendment of rule 59

5. Rule 59(8) of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “Supreme Court”, the words “or the Registry of the Family Justice Courts, as the case may be”.

Amendment of First Schedule

6. The First Schedule to the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “HIGH COURT” in the following Forms and substituting in each case the words “HIGH COURT*/FAMILY JUSTICE COURTS*”:

Forms 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12;

(b)

by deleting the words “Supreme Court” in Form 3 and substituting the words “Supreme Court*/Family Justice Courts*”;

(c)

by deleting the words “STATE COURTS” in the following Forms and substituting in each case the words “FAMILY JUSTICE COURTS”:

Forms 4, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32;

(d)

by deleting the words “High Court” in Form 16 and substituting the words “High Court*/Family Justice Courts*”; and

(e)

by inserting, at the end of Form 32, the following footnote:

“* Delete where inapplicable.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 269/2011; S 676/2013; S 194/2014]

Made on 22 September 2014.

SUNDARESH MENON

Chief Justice.

JUDITH PRAKASH

Judge.

FOO TUAT YIEN

District Judge.

YAP TEONG LIANG

Advocate and Solicitor.

FOO SIEW FONG

Advocate and Solicitor.

[AG/LLRD/SL/353/2010/3 Vol. 7]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 139(3) of the Women’s Charter).