Sentences with phrase «nullity of marriage only»
Singapore courts shall have jurisdiction to hear proceedings for divorce, presumption of death and divorce, judicial separation or nullity of marriage only if either of the parties to the marriage is (a) domiciled in Singapore at the time of the commencement of the proceedings; or (b) habitually resident in Singapore for a period of 3 years immediately preceding the commencement of the proceedings.
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Thus the combined effect of those provisions was to ensure that the only route to a judicial conclusion that a marriage was void at its inception was a petition for nullity.
The combined effect of s 12 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (MCA 1973) and ss 55 to 58 of the Family Law Act 1986 (FLA 1986) is to ensure that the only route to a judicial conclusion that a marriage was void at its inception is a petition for nullity.
• Nullity of marriage (which is very rarely granted and only in specific circumstances such as bigamy or mental incapacity).