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- (c) by deleting the words “Magistrate’s Court or District Court” wherever they appear in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “Family Court”:
- Sections 4 and 5(1), (4) and (5); and
- (d) by repealing section 8 and substituting the following section:
- “Mode of enforcing orders
- 8. An order which has been registered or confirmed by a Family Court (or any other court in Singapore) shall be enforceable as if the order had been made under Part VIII of the Women’s Charter (Cap. 353).”.
Consequential and related amendments to Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act
66. The Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act (Cap. 169, 1985 Ed.) is amended—
- (a) by deleting the words “Magistrate’s Court or District Court” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “Family Court”:
- Sections 4(1), (4), (5) and (6) and 8(4); and
- (b) by deleting subsection (2) of section 8 and substituting the following subsection:
- “(2) A registered order which has been registered or confirmed by a Family Court (or any other court in Singapore) shall be enforceable as if the order had been made under Part VIII of the Women’s Charter (Cap. 353).”.
Related amendments to Mental Capacity Act
67. The Mental Capacity Act (Cap. 177A, 2010 Ed.) is amended —
- (a) by deleting the definition of “court” in section 2(1) and substituting the following definition:
- “ “court” means the High Court or a Family Court;”;
