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No. S 331

Administration of Muslim Law Act

(Chapter 3)

Muslim Marriage and Divorce Rules 1999

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

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Rules 1999 and shall come into operation on 1st August 1999.

Definitions

2.—(1) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —

“Court” means the Syariah Court constituted under section 34 of the Act and includes a president of the Court sitting in open court or in chambers;

“president” means a president of the Court appointed under section 34A(1) of the Act;

“registrar” means the registrar of the Court appointed under section 34B of the Act;

“Secretary” means the Secretary of the Majlis;

“senior president” means a president designated to be the senior president under section 34A(1) of the Act;

“solicitor” means an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court.

(2) The forms mentioned in these Rules are those set out in the First Schedule.

Made this 16th day of July 1999.

ONG KOK MIN

Secretary to the Cabinet,
Singapore.

[MCD 76-04-02 V (23); AG/LEG/SL/3/97/1 Vol. 1]