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COMMUNITY DISPUTES RESOLUTION
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(e) any ancillary order as may be necessary to give effect to any of the court’s orders.

(2) In deciding whether it is just and equitable for any order to be made under subsection (1), the court is to consider all the following matters:

(a) the impact of the order, if made, on—
(i) the respondent;
(ii) any individual who, at the time of the making of the order, resides in the same place of residence as the respondent; and
(iii) any other person who can reasonably be expected to be affected by the order;
(b) the ordinary instances of daily living that can be expected to be tolerated by reasonable persons living in Singapore;
(c) any other matters as the court deems fit.

Special direction on breach of court order, etc.

6.—(1) Where a respondent (called in this Part the contravening party) fails to comply with an order of court made under section 5 (called in this section the disobeyed order), the party in whose favour the disobeyed order was made may apply to a relevant court for a direction that the contravening party must comply with the disobeyed order.

(2) Any court (at first instance or on appeal) may make a direction that a contravening party comply with a disobeyed order within a specified time if the court is satisfied on a balance of probabilities that the contravening party has, without reasonable excuse, failed to comply with the disobeyed order.

(3) Where a court in subsection (2) makes a special direction, the court may also order any person as the court may specify, to enter into a bond to ensure that the contravening party complies with that direction.

(4) The court may, in making an order under subsection (3) for a person to enter into a bond, impose such conditions on or give such