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Cap. 16 · Civil Code (Cap. 16)

Cap. 16 Art. 66MThe effects of remarriage.

Title III of this Title. The court shall hear and determine these

In forceOfficial text

When the party receiving maintenance, whether by virtue of an order of the court or by virtue of a contract of separation, remarries or enters into a personal relationship which brings about an obligation of maintenance by a third party in favour of that party, the same party shall forfeit the right to receive maintenance payable in respect of that party by the other party in the divorce, with effect from the date of the remarriage or of the commencement of the aforesaid other relationship. This article shall also apply in the case where the parties had agreed in a contract of separation that the agreement regarding maintenance of the parties, or of either of them, shall continue to have effect and cannot be altered in the event of remarriage or of another relationship as aforesaid of the party receiving maintenance: Provided that an order for maintenance that has been made or authorised by the court to be paid by means of a lump sum in favour of the party who remarries or who enters into another relationship as provided in this article shall retain its effect notwithstanding that the party in whose favour it is made remarries or enters into another relationship as aforesaid.

Amendment history
  • Amended by XIV.2011.9