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(f) regulations made under section 73 of that Act prescribing any measure prohibiting or limiting the meeting or gathering of individuals;
(g) a control order made under section 34(1) of the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020 (Act 14 of 2020);
"COVID-19" means the infectious disease known as Coronavirus Disease 2019;
"Minister" means the Minister charged with the responsibility for family development;
"Registrar" has the meaning given by section 2 of the Women's Charter;
"relevant date" means a date that is 3 months before the date of commencement of this section;
"specified period" means—
(a) any period a control measure is in force; or
(b) any further period that the Minister, having determined that it is necessary or expedient for the purposes of conducting any matter under this section in a safe and efficient manner and to prevent the spread of COVID-19, prescribes by order in the Gazette.

Marriages and revocation of divorces under Administration of Muslim Law Act using remote communication technology

3.—(1) Despite anything in section 95(2)(b) or (4), 101(6) or (8), 102(1)(a) or (2)(a) or 103(1), (3) or (5) of the Administration of Muslim Law Act (Cap. 3) requiring, or relating to, the presence or appearance of any person to perform any act, or to witness or attest the doing of anything under any of those provisions, such person is taken to be present or to appear for that purpose during the specified period if—

(a) the person, with the permission of the Registrar, attends and performs that act, or witnesses or attests the doing of