No. S 540
Central Provident Fund Act
(CHAPTER 36)
Central Provident Fund
(Amendment) Regulations 2012
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 77(1)(a), (b) and (ba) of the Central Provident Fund Act, Mr Tan Chuan-Jin, Senior Minister of State, charged with the responsibility of the Minister for Manpower, after consulting with the Central Provident Fund Board, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Central Provident Fund (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and shall come into operation on 1st November 2012.
Amendment of regulation 7
2.  Regulation 7 of the Central Provident Fund Regulations (Rg 15) is amended —
(a)by deleting the word “transferred” in paragraphs (1)(b) and (2)(b) and substituting in each case the word “paid”;
(b)by deleting the word “transfer” in paragraphs (1)(i) and (2)(i) and substituting in each case the word “payment”; and
(c)by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraphs:
(2A)  Where —
(a)any amount has been authorised to be paid out of the Fund to any person entitled thereto under section 74, 75, 75A or 75B of the Act, regulation 8 of these Regulations or regulation 11, 15 or 17 of the Central Provident Fund (Self‑Employed Persons) Regulations (Rg 25); and
(b)the amount has not been successfully paid to that person or the instrument in respect of such payment has been returned to the Board,
the Board shall credit the amount, or the value of the instrument, to the general moneys of the Fund as soon as practicable after the date the Board receives notice of the unsuccessful payment of the amount or the date the instrument is returned to the Board, as the case may be.
(2B)  Where any amount referred to in paragraph (2A) has been credited to the general moneys of the Fund under that paragraph, the Board may authorise the payment of that amount from the general moneys of the Fund to any person who satisfies the Board that he is entitled under the Act to the whole or part of that amount.”.
[G.N. Nos. S 695/2002; S 367/2003; S 780/2004; S 718/2007; S 820/2010; S 724/2011]
Made this 30th day of October 2012.
LOH KHUM YEAN
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.
[MMS 7/68 V56; AG/LLRD/SL/36/2010/29 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 78(2) of the Central Provident Fund Act).