Central Provident Fund Act
(Chapter 36, Section 69)
Central Provident Fund (Exemptions — Miscellaneous) (Consolidation) Order
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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 wef 16/12/1955]
(2)all members of the Malayan Planters Provident Fund;
[S 78/56 wef 09/03/1956]
(3)all members of the Malayan Estates Staff Provident Fund;
[S 79/56 wef 09/03/1956]
(4)all members of the University of Malaya Non-Academic Staff Provident Fund;
[S 135/56 wef 20/04/1956]
(5)all members of the Municipal Provident Fund;
[S 246/59 wef 01/07/1955]
(6)all Australian-based employees of the Australian Broadcasting Commission in Singapore who are contributors to the Australian Commonwealth Superannuation Fund;
[S 161/60 wef 27/05/1960]
(7)all instructor trainees of the Singapore Polytechnic;
[S 307/60 wef 07/11/1960]
(8)all employees of the United Nations Organisation or any agency or institution thereof stationed in Singapore;
[S 112/62 wef 11/05/1962]
(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 wef 12/02/1964]
(10)persons employed by the Malayan Railway Administration in Singapore;
[Sp. No.S215/64 wef 16/09/1963]
(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.S219/64 wef 24/12/1964]
(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 wef 05/07/1968]
(13)the members of the University of Singapore Academic Staff Provident Scheme 1970;
[S 282/70 wef 09/10/1970]
(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 wef 01/09/1976]
(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 wef 04/03/1977]
(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 wef 17/06/1988]
(i)Yokogawa Training Centre; and
[S 517/91 wef 02/11/1991]
(j)Jewellery Industry Training Centre of Singapore.
[S 339/92 wef 13/07/1992]
(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; and
[S 417/91 wef 01/10/1991]
(f)the Nanyang Polytechnic,
[S 542/96 wef 01/01/1997]
who are employed for training approved by these institutions.