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Central Provident Fund (Exemptions — Miscellaneous) (Consolidation) Order

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Central Provident Fund Act
(CHAPTER 36, Section 69)
Central Provident Fund (Exemptions — Miscellaneous) (Consolidation) Order
O 1
REVISED EDITION 1998
(1st January 1998)
1.  This Order may be cited as the Central Provident Fund (Exemptions — Miscellaneous) (Consolidation) Order.
2.  For the purpose of this Order, “domestic employee” means an employee employed by a person exclusively in the work or in connection with the work of that person’s private domestic household and not of any trade, business or profession carried on by the employer in that household, and includes a cook, house servant (including bedroom and kitchen servants), waiter, butler, child’s or baby’s nurse, valet, watchman, gardener, groom and driver or cleaner of any vehicle licensed for private use.
3.  The following are hereby exempted from the provisions of the Act:
(1)
domestic employees and their employers in respect of any domestic employment that does not exceed 14 hours in any week;
[S 410/55 – 16.12.55]
(2)
[Deleted by S 385/99 wef 08/09/1999]
(3)
[Deleted by S 385/99 wef 08/09/1999]
(4)
[Deleted by S 385/99 wef 08/09/1999]
(5)
[Deleted by S 385/99 wef 08/09/1999]
(6)
[Deleted by S 385/99 wef 08/09/1999]
(7)
all instructor trainees of the Singapore Polytechnic;
[S 307/60 – 7.11.60]
(8)
all employees of the United Nations Organisation or any agency or institution thereof stationed in Singapore;
[S 112/62 – 11.5.62]
(9)
seamen who are citizens of Singapore and who are employed in Swedish ships on terms and conditions of service applicable to Swedish seamen;
[Sp. No. S 32/64 – 12.2.64]
(10)
persons employed by the Malayan Railway Administration in Singapore;
[Sp. No. S 215/64 – 16.9.63]
(11)
all employees of the General Conference Corporation of Seventh-Day Adventists employed under a contract of service or other agreement entered into outside Singapore and who are not domiciled in Singapore;
[Sp. No. S 219/64 – 24.12.64]
(12)
seamen who are citizens of Singapore and who are employed in Norwegian ships on terms and conditions of service applicable to Norwegian seamen;
[S 179/68 – 5.7.68]
(13)
[Deleted by S 631/2007 wef 28/12/2007]
(14)
all employers employing Woodbridge Hospital patients on a trial basis shall during such period as the Medical Superintendent of the Woodbridge Hospital may approve to be the trial period;
[S 176/76 – 1.9.76]
(15)
seamen who are citizens of Singapore and who are employed by the East Asiatic Co. Ltd. of Denmark on terms and conditions of the agreement between the Danish Shipowners’ Association and the Seamen’s Union in Denmark;
[S 80/77 – 4.3.77]
(16)
the employers of trainees who are engaged in training at the following institutions:
(a)
Brown Boveri Government Training Centre;
(b)
Philips Government Training Centre;
(c)
Tata Government Training Centre;
(d)
French-Singapore Institute;
(e)
German-Singapore Institute;
(f)
Japan-Singapore Technical Institute;
(g)
Singapore Hotel Association Training and Educational Centre;
(h)
Precision Optics Training Centre Pte. Ltd.;
[S 150/88 – 17.6.88]
(i)
Yokogawa Training Centre; and
[S 517/91 – 2.11.91]
(j)
Jewellery Industry Training Centre of Singapore.
[S 339/92 – 13.7.92]
(17)
all matriculated or registered students of —
(a)
the National University of Singapore;
(b)
the Nanyang Technological University;
(c)
the Ngee Ann Polytechnic;
(d)
the Singapore Polytechnic;
(e)
the Temasek Polytechnic;
[S 417/91 – 1.10.91]
[S 356/1999 wef 01/07/1999]
(f)
the Nanyang Polytechnic;
[S 542/96 – 1.1.97]
[S 356/1999 wef 01/07/1999]
(g)
the Institute of Technical Education; and
[S 356/99 wef 01/07/1999]
[S 166/2001 wef 01/04/2001]
(h)
Singapore Management University,
[S 166/2001 wef 01/04/2001]
who are employed for training approved by these institutions.
(18)
all matriculated or registered students of any overseas tertiary education institution who, in the course of their studies at the institution, are required by the institution to undergo training in Singapore for a period of not more than 6 months, subject to such conditions as the Board may impose, with the approval of the Minister;
[S 166/2001 wef 01/04/2001]
(19)
all registered students, excluding students who have completed their ‘A’ level examinations, of any school registered under the Education Act (Cap. 87) and who are employed during the gazetted school holidays.
[S 166/2001 wef 01/04/2001]

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Central Provident Fund (Exemptions — Miscellaneous) (Consolidation) Order
(CHAPTER 36, O 1)
This Legislative History is provided for the convenience of users of the Central Provident Fund (Exemptions — Miscellaneous) (Consolidation) Order. It is not part of this Order.
1.  
G. N. No. S 246/1959—Order under section 21(1)
Date of commencement
:
1 July 1955
2.  
G. N. No. S 410/1955—Order under section 21(1)
Date of commencement
:
16 December 1955
3.  
G. N. No. S 78/1956—Order under section 21(1)
Date of commencement
:
9 March 1956
4.  
G. N. No. S 79/1956—Order under section 21(1)
Date of commencement
:
9 March 1956
5.  
G. N. No. S 135/1956—Order under section 21(1)
Date of commencement
:
20 April 1956
6.  
G. N. No. S 112/1962—Order under section 21(1)
Date of commencement
:
11 May 1962
7.  
Sp. No. S 215/1964—Central Provident Fund (Exemption) Order 1964
Date of commencement
:
16 September 1963
8.  
Sp. No. S 32/1964—Central Provident Fund (Employees in Swedish Ships) Order 1964
Date of commencement
:
12 February 1964
9.  
Sp. No. S 172/1964—Central Provident Fund (Polytechnic) (Exemption) Order 1964
Date of commencement
:
16 October 1964
10.  
Sp. No. S 219/1964—Central Provident Fund (General Conference Corporation of Seventh-Day Adventists) (Exemption) Order 1964
Date of commencement
:
24 December 1964
11.  
G. N. No. S 179/1968—Central Provident Fund (Employees in Norwegian Ships) Order 1968
Date of commencement
:
5 July 1968
12.  
G. N. No. S 282/1970—Central Provident Fund (Exemption) Order 1970
Date of commencement
:
9 October 1970
13.  
G. N. No. S 183/1973—Central Provident Fund (Exemption) Order 1973
Date of commencement
:
1 March 1973
14.  
G. N. No. S 176/1976—Central Provident Fund (Exemption) Order 1976
Date of commencement
:
1 September 1976
15.  
G. N. No. S 80/1977—Central Provident Fund (Employees of the East Asiatic Co. Ltd. of Denmark) (Exemption) Order 1977
Date of commencement
:
4 March 1977
16.  
G. N. No. S 146/1984—Central Provident Fund (Exemption) Order 1984
Date of commencement
:
1 January 1984
17.  
G. N. No. S 150/1988—Central Provident Fund (Exemption) Order 1988
Date of commencement
:
17 June 1988
18.  
G. N. No. S 321/1991—Central Provident Fund (Exemption) Order 1991
Date of commencement
:
1 January 1990
19.  
G. N. No. S 417/1991—Central Provident Fund (Exemption No. 2) Order 1991
Date of commencement
:
1 October 1991
20.  
G. N. No. S 446/1991—Central Provident Fund (Exemption) Order 1991 Corrigenda
Date of commencement
:
1 October 1991
21.  
G. N. No. S 517/1991—Central Provident Fund (Exemption) (Amendment) Order 1991
Date of commencement
:
2 November 1991
22.  
1990 Revised Edition—Central Provident Fund (Exemptions — Miscellaneous) (Consolidation) Order
Date of operation
:
25 March 1992
23.  
G. N. No. S 339/1992—Central Provident Fund (Exemption — Miscellaneous) (Consolidation) (Amendment) Order 1992
Date of commencement
:
13 July 1992
24.  
G. N. No. S 319/1994—Central Provident Fund (Exemption — Miscellaneous) (Consolidation) (Amendment) Order 1994
Date of commencement
:
19 August 1994
25.  
G. N. No. S 460/1993—Central Provident Fund (Exemption — Miscellaneous) (Consolidation) (Amendment) Order 1993
Date of commencement
:
25 August 1994
26.  
G. N. No. S 542/1996—Central Provident Fund (Exemption — Miscellaneous) (Consolidation) (Amendment) Order 1996
Date of commencement
:
1 January 1997
27.  
G. N. No. S 220/1997—Central Provident Fund (Exemption — Miscellaneous) (Consolidation) (Amendment) Order 1997
Date of commencement
:
2 May 1997
28.  
1998 Revised Edition—Central Provident Fund (Exemptions — Miscellaneous) (Consolidation) Order
Date of operation
:
1 January 1998
29.  
G. N. No. S 356/1999—Central Provident Fund (Exemptions — Miscellaneous) (Consolidation) (Amendment) Order 1999
Date of commencement
:
1 July 1999
30.  
G. N. No. S 385/1999—Central Provident Fund (Exemption — Miscellaneous) (Consolidation) (Amendment No. 2) Order
Date of commencement
:
8 September 1999
31.  
G. N. No. S 166/2001—Central Provident Fund (Exemptions — Miscellaneous) (Consolidation) (Amendment) Order 2001
Date of commencement
:
1 April 2001
32.  
G. N. No. S 631/2007—Central Provident Fund (Exemptions — Miscellaneous) (Consolidation) (Amendment) Order 2007
Date of commencement
:
28 December 2007