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- (b) no other person is to be treated in law as the mother or the father of the child, as the case may be, for any purpose;
- (c) any reference to any relationship between 2 persons in any law or document (whether enacted or made before, on or after the appointed day) shall be construed accordingly; and
- (d) without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (c) and unless the context otherwise requires, a reference in any written law to "natural parent" or "natural father" in relation to a child to whom this Act applies shall be construed as a reference to the parent or the father of the child, as the case may be, as determined under this Act, and a reference in any written law to "natural child" or "child" shall be construed accordingly.
(4) This Act shall not apply to a child to the extent that the child is treated by virtue of adoption as not being the child of any person other than the adopter or adopters.
(5) The application of this Act shall not by itself affect the citizenship of a child.
(6) For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Act shall affect any right or remedy that a person may have against any other person in relation to a fertilisation procedure which resulted in the birth of a child.
PART II
PARENTHOOD IN CASES INVOLVING ASSISTED REPRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
Consent to fertilisation procedure
4. For the purposes of this Act—
- (a) a person shall be deemed not to have validly given or withdrawn his consent to a fertilisation procedure, whether done in Singapore or elsewhere, unless he gives or withdraws his consent, as the case may be, in writing; and
- (b) unless the contrary is proved, a person shall be presumed to have validly given or withdrawn his consent to a fertilisation
