Page:Family Justice Act 2014.pdf/6

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PART I
PRELIMINARY

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Family Justice Act 2014 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“District Judge” means a District Judge appointed under section 9(1) of the State Courts Act (Cap. 321);

“Family Justice Rules” means the Family Justice Rules made under this Act and any other written law by the Family Justice Rules Committee constituted under section 46(1);

“family proceedings” means—

(a) any civil proceedings under section 53 of the Administration of Muslim Law Act (Cap. 3);

(b) any civil proceedings under the Adoption of Children Act (Cap. 4);

(c) any civil proceedings under the Guardianship of Infants Act (Cap. 122);

(d) any civil proceedings under the Inheritance (Family Provision) Act (Cap. 138);

(e) any civil proceedings under the International Child Abduction Act (Cap. 143C);

(f) any civil proceedings for the distribution of an intestate estate in accordance with the Intestate Succession Act (Cap. 146);

(g) any civil proceedings under the Legitimacy Act (Cap. 162);

(h) any civil proceedings under section 10 of the Maintenance of Parents Act (Cap. 167B);