REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
ACTS SUPPLEMENT
Published by Authority

NO. 17]Friday, May 15 [2020

The following Act was passed by Parliament on 26 March 2020 and assented to by the President on 27 April 2020:—
Goods and Services Tax Voucher Fund
(Amendment) Act 2020

(No. 19 of 2020)


I assent.

HALIMAH YACOB,
President.
27 April 2020.
Date of Commencement: 22 May 2020
An Act to amend the Goods and Services Tax Voucher Fund Act (Chapter 117C of the 2013 Revised Edition).
Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:
Short title and commencement
1.  This Act is the Goods and Services Tax Voucher Fund (Amendment) Act 2020 and comes into operation on a date that the Minister appoints by notification in the Gazette.
Amendment of section 4
2.  Section 4(1) of the Goods and Services Tax Voucher Fund Act is amended by deleting paragraph (a) and substituting the following paragraph:
(a)to provide financial assistance (including cash grants, grants‑in‑aid, rebates, reliefs, subsidies and credits) under a public scheme to such natural persons as may be prescribed, in order to mitigate the impact of the goods and services tax on their living expenses;”.
New section 8A
3.  The Goods and Services Tax Voucher Fund Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 8, the following section:
Financial assistance not of right
8A.  No person has an absolute right to any financial assistance under a public scheme using moneys from the Fund.”.