No. S 567
Employment of Foreign Manpower Act
(CHAPTER 91A)
Employment of Foreign Manpower
(Bail and Personal Bond) (Amendment)
Regulations 2012
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 29(2)(g) of the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act, Mr Tan Chuan-Jin, Senior Minister of State, charged with the responsibility of the Minister for Manpower, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Employment of Foreign Manpower (Bail and Personal Bond) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and shall come into operation on 9th November 2012.
Amendment of regulation 4
2.  Regulation 4 of the Employment of Foreign Manpower (Bail and Personal Bond) Regulations (Rg 1) is amended —
(a)by deleting paragraph (4) and substituting the following paragraph:
(4)  Without prejudice to paragraph (3), it shall be a condition of the bond executed under paragraph (1) or (2) that the person released on bail or on personal bond —
(a)shall surrender any travel document in his possession;
(b)shall surrender to custody on the day and at the time and place appointed for him to do so;
(c)shall attend on the day and at the time and place mentioned in the bond, or on such other day or at such other time and place as may be required by an employment inspector, and continue so to attend until otherwise directed by an employment inspector;
(d)shall, if so required by an employment inspector, appear when called upon by any court to answer the charge;
(e)shall not, as long as the bond remains in force, proceed beyond the limits of Singapore without the permission of an employment inspector;
(f)shall not commit any offence while released on bail or on personal bond; and
(g)shall not interfere with any witness or otherwise obstruct the course of justice whether in relation to himself or any other person.”; and
(b)by deleting the words “paragraph (4)(c)” in paragraph (5) and substituting the words “paragraph (4)(e)”.
New regulation 4A
3.  The Employment of Foreign Manpower (Bail and Personal Bond) Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 4, the following regulation:
Duties of surety
4A.—(1)  Every surety must —
(a)ensure that the released person surrenders to custody, or makes himself available for investigations or attends court on the day and at the time and place appointed for him to do so;
(b)keep in daily communication with the released person, and lodge a police report within 24 hours of losing contact with him; and
(c)ensure that the released person is within Singapore unless the released person has been permitted by an employment inspector referred to in regulation 4(4)(e) or by the court to leave Singapore.
(2)  If the surety is in breach of any of his duties, the court may, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, forfeit the whole or any part of the amount of the bond.
(3)  The court may order that any amount forfeited under paragraph (2) be paid by instalments.”.
Made this 29th day of October 2012.
LOH KHUM YEAN
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.
[E-reg/Cabinets/FMMD/Operations Policy/Government Gazette/Act and Regulation Changes; AG/LLRD/SL/91A/2010/4 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 29(3) of the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act).