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6.
—(1) This section applies to a maintenance order made, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, by a court in a reciprocating country, including such an order made by such a court which has been confirmed by a court in another reciprocating country but excluding a provisional order which has not been confirmed.
(2) Where a certified copy of an order to which this section applies is received by the Minister from the responsible authority in a reciprocating country, and it appears to the Minister that the payer under the order is residing in Singapore, he shall send the copy of the order to the prescribed officer of the appropriate court.
(3) Where the prescribed officer of the appropriate court receives from the Minister a certified copy of an order to which this section applies, he shall, subject to subsection (4), register the order in the prescribed manner in that court.
(4) Before registering an order under this section, an officer of a court shall take such steps as he thinks fit for the purpose of ascertaining whether the payer under the order is residing within the jurisdiction of the court, and if after taking those steps he is satisfied that the payer is not so residing he shall return the certified copy of the order to the Minister with a statement giving such information as he possesses as to the whereabouts of the payer.