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The law does not require Singaporean or Permanent Resident couples who married overseas to re-register (includes "converting" or "endorsing" a foreign marriage certificate) with the Singapore ROM. The marriage certificate issued by the competent authority of the foreign country may be accepted as prima facie evidence of a marriage between the ...
The Women's Charter 1961 is an Act of the Singaporean Parliament passed in 1961. The Act was designed to improve and protect the rights of women in Singapore and to guarantee greater legal equality for women in legally sanctioned relationships (except in the area of Muslims marriages, which are governed separately by the Administration of Muslim Law Act).
Marriage law is the body of legal specifications and requirements and other laws that regulate the initiation, continuation, and validity of marriages, an aspect of family law, that determine the validity of a marriage, and which vary considerably among countries in terms of what can and cannot be legally recognized by the state.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore will decriminalise sex between men but has no plans to change the legal definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong ...
The Criminal Law Reform Act 2019 was passed on 6 May 2019, which includes repealing marital rape immunity. [34] The new laws came into force on 1 January 2020. [35] The new laws were first utilised in 2024 when a man was convicted to eight years of jail and six strokes of cane for sexually assaulting his wife and obstructing justice. [36]
Marriage records in Singapore date back to the year 1875. On 15 September 1961, Civil Marriages came into force under the legislation. The Registry was established at the same time. [1] ROM was originally located in Fort Canning Park, opposite Park Mall Shopping Centre, but moved in 1983 to its current premises at Canning Rise.
(3) Nothing in Part 4 invalidates a law enacted before, on or after the date of commencement of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment No. 3) Act 2022 by reason that the law — (a) defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman; or (b) is based on such a definition of marriage.
On 1 July 2024, Singapore introduced a new sixth ground for divorce, "Divorce by Mutual Agreement." Previously, there were only five grounds for divorce. This new ground allows couples to cite mutual agreement in divorce applications, enabling them to divorce without attributing fault to either party, reducing acrimony in the process.