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Part I PRELIMINARY

Part II MONOGAMOUS MARRIAGES

Part III SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES

Part IV REGISTRATION

Part V PENALTIES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION AND REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES

Part VI RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF HUSBAND AND WIFE

Part VII PROTECTION OF FAMILY

Part VIII MAINTENANCE OF WIFE AND CHILDREN

Part IX ENFORCEMENT OF MAINTENANCE ORDERS

Part X

Chapter 1 — DIVORCE

Chapter 2 — JUDICIAL SEPARATION

Chapter 3 — NULLITY OF MARRIAGE

Chapter 4 — FINANCIAL PROVISIONS CONSEQUENT ON MATRIMONIAL PROCEEDINGS

Chapter 4A — Financial relief consequential on foreign matrimonial proceedings

Chapter 5 — WELFARE OF CHILDREN

Chapter 6 — GENERAL PROVISIONS

Part XI OFFENCES AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS

Part XII MISCELLANEOUS

FIRST SCHEDULE Kindred and Affinity Prohibited Degrees of Relationship

SECOND SCHEDULE Consents Required to the Marriage of A Minor

Legislative History

 
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On 19/06/2013, you requested for the version in force on 19/06/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 19/06/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 28/03/2013.
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Void marriages
5.
—(1)  Every marriage contracted in Singapore or elsewhere in contravention of section 4 shall be void.
[9/67; 26/80]
(2)  If any male person lawfully married under any law, religion, custom or usage shall, during the continuance of that marriage, contract a union with a woman, that woman shall have no right of succession or inheritance on the death intestate of such male person.
[9/67]
(3)  Nothing in this section shall affect the liability of any person to pay such maintenance as may be directed to be paid by him under any written law.