| Supreme Court of Judicature Act |
(CHAPTER 322, Section 80)
| Supreme Court (Maintenance Orders) Rules |
| R 2 |
| REVISED EDITION 1997 |
| (26th September 1997) |
| [6th March 1933] |
| Citation |
1. These Rules may be cited as the Supreme Court (Maintenance Orders) Rules*.
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| Definition |
| 2. In these Rules, “section” means section of the Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act (Cap. 168). |
| Order of court made outside Singapore |
| 3. The copy of an order made by a court outside Singapore and received by the Minister under section 3 shall be sent to the Family Court. [S 687/2014 wef 01/10/2014] |
| Enforcement of order against defendent resident outside Singapore |
| 4. When it is desired to enforce under section 4 an order made in Singapore against a defendant resident outside Singapore, a certified copy of the order shall be forwarded by the Court which made the order to the Minister with a statement giving the full address and personal description of the defendant to which his photograph should, if possible, be attached. |
| Provisional order |
| Provisional order made by court outside Singapore |
| 6.—(1) The copy of a provisional order made by a court outside Singapore and received by the Minister under section 6 shall be sent to the Family Court with the accompanying documents and a requisition for the issue of a summons. [S 687/2014 wef 01/10/2014]
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| Register to be kept by Family Court |
| 7. The Family Court to which any order is sent in accordance with these Rules shall cause particulars thereof to be entered in a register to be kept for that purpose, and the copies so transmitted shall be filed in that Court. [S 687/2014 wef 01/10/2014] |
| Register open for inspection |
| 8. The register shall be open for inspection upon payment of a search fee of $1 and copies of orders so registered shall be supplied upon payment of a fee of $1. |
| Judge of Family Court to send notice of decision |
| 9. When an order provisionally made outside Singapore has been confirmed with or without modification under section 6 by the Family Court or the Court has decided not to confirm it, the judge of the Family Court shall send notice thereof to the Court from which it was issued, and also to the Minister. [S 687/2014 wef 01/10/2014] |
| Payments due under order registered under section 3 of Act or provisional order confirmed under section 6 of Act |
| 10. When an order has been registered in the Family Court under section 3 or a provisional order has been confirmed by the Court under section 6, that Court shall, unless satisfied that it is undesirable to do so, direct that all payments due thereunder shall be made through the registrar of the Family Justice Courts, or such other person as it may specify for the purpose. [S 131/2014 wef 07/03/2014] [S 687/2014 wef 01/10/2014] |
| Payments |
| 11. The person through whom the payments are directed to be made shall collect the moneys due under the order in the same manner as though it were made under Part VIII of the Women’s Charter (Cap. 353) and may take proceedings in his own name for enforcing payment, and shall send the moneys when so collected to the Minister for transmission to the person to whom they are due. |
| Person to be informed of date of application |
| 12. When a provisional order made under section 5 has been remitted under subsection (4) of that section to a Family Court for the purpose of taking further evidence, notice specifying the further evidence required and the time and place fixed for taking it shall be sent by the Registry of the Family Justice Courts to the person on whose application the provisional order was made. [S 131/2014 wef 07/03/2014] [S 687/2014 wef 01/10/2014] |
[G.N. Nos. 480/33, 1287/34]