Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990

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2A Meaning of "personal identifier"

3 Appointment of Controller of Work Passes and employment inspectors, etc.

3A Controller and employment inspectors to be public servants

5 Prohibition of employment of foreign employee without work pass

6 Presumption of employment

6A Prohibition of foreigner without work pass entering or remaining at work place

7 Application for work pass

8 Register of foreign employees to be kept by employer

9 Termination of employment of foreign employees

10 Self-employed foreigners to apply for work passes

11 Levy in respect of foreign employee or self-employed foreigner

12 Extent of validity of work pass

13 Custody of work pass, etc.

14 Loss, etc., of work pass

15 Burden of proof, etc.

16 Powers of authorised officers and employment inspectors

17 Change of address

18 Service of notices

19 Protection from personal liability

20 Offences by bodies corporate, etc.

21 Power to arrest without warrant

21B No unnecessary restraint

21C Search of persons arrested

21D Employment inspector to be armed

21E Power to seize offensive weapons

21F Power on escape to pursue and arrest

21G Disposal of documents or articles

22A Restrictions on receipt, etc., of moneys in connection with employment of foreign employee

22B Proscribed manpower-related practices

23 Abetment of offences

23A Orders for payment of proceeds of crime

24 Complaint by employment inspector

25 General prescribed infringements

25A Compliance with prescribed duties

25C Proceedings for prescribed infringements

25D Recovery of financial penalties

25E Prescribed infringements by bodies corporate, etc.

25F Abetment of prescribed infringements

25G Appeals to Appeal Board

25H Composition and procedure of Appeal Board

26 Jurisdiction of Courts

27 Composition of offences

30 Transitional provisions

Compliance with prescribed duties

25A.—(1) Where an in-principle approval of an application for a work pass has been issued by the Controller, the employer, foreign employee or self-employed foreigner concerned must comply with such duties for or in relation to the employment of such foreign employee or the engagement of such self-employed foreigner as may be prescribed.

[24/2012]

(2) Where any employer, foreign employee or self‑employed foreigner fails to comply with any duty prescribed under subsection (1) that the employer, foreign employee or self‑employed person is required to comply with, the Controller may impose on the employer, foreign employee or self‑employed person a financial penalty of an amount, not exceeding $10,000, as the Controller may determine.

[24/2012]

(3) For the purposes of this section —

(a)	duties may be prescribed for or in relation to any foreign employee or self‑employed foreigner, or any class thereof, to be complied with following the cancellation, revocation or expiry of the work pass of the foreign employee or self‑employed foreigner, as the case may be; and
(b)	different duties may be prescribed in relation to different classes of employers, foreign employees or self‑employed foreigners, or different categories of work passes. [24/2012]

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