"sperm" means live human sperm and includes the cells of the male germ line at any stage of maturity.
(2) Any reference in this Act to a marriage includes a reference to a void marriage if, at the time of such void marriage, both or either of the parties to the marriage reasonably believed that the marriage was valid.
Application and effect of this Act
3.—(1) This Act shall apply only to a child born on or after the appointed day as a result of a fertilisation procedure (whether done before, on or after the appointed day) and where—
- (a) the child is born in Singapore; or
- (b) any of the following persons is domiciled in Singapore on the date of the birth of the child:
- (i) the gestational mother of the child;
- (ii) the husband, if any, of the gestational mother at the time of the fertilisation procedure as a result of which she carried the child;
- (iii) the de facto partner, if any, of the gestational mother at the time of the fertilisation procedure as a result of which she carried the child;
- (iv) the person whose sperm or egg the child was brought about with;
- (v) the person who consented to the fertilisation procedure.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a citizen of Singapore shall be presumed to be domiciled in Singapore, unless the contrary is proved.
(3) Where a person is to be treated as the mother or the father of a child, as the case may be, by virtue of this Act, then, from the time that person is to be treated as the mother or the father of the child, as the case may be—
- (a) that person is to be treated in law as the mother or the father of the child, as the case may be, for all purposes;
