Central Provident Fund Act
(Chapter 36, Sections 26(1) and 77(2)(k))
Central Provident Fund (Nominations) Rules
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REVISED EDITION 1990
(25th March 1992)
[1st January 1987]
Citation
1.  These Rules may be cited as the Central Provident Fund (Nominations) Rules.
Members to nominate
2.  Subject to these Rules, a member of the Fund may nominate any person to receive the amount or any shares in an approved corporation designated under section 26A(1) of the Act payable on his death out of the Fund under section 20(1) of the Act.
[S 577/95 wef 01/01/1996]
Nomination to receive minimum sum to take precedence
2A.  A nomination by a member under these Rules, whether made before, on or after 1st July 1995, shall be subject to any nomination whenever made by the member under the Central Provident Fund (Minimum Sum Scheme Nominations) Rules 1995.
[S 577/95]
[G.N.No. S 272/95]
Nomination
3.  Every nomination shall be made either in the Form A, 1A or 2A set out in the Schedule and shall be signed by the member in the presence of two witnesses who shall attest the signature of the member.
[S 577/95]
Nominees and shares
4.  A nomination may be in favour of one person or of several persons (who shall be clearly designated in the nomination), and, where there is more than one nominee, may direct that the nominees shall take the money or any shares in an approved corporation designated under section 26A(1) of the Act in specified shares.
[S 577/95 wef 01/01/1996]
Witness not to be beneficiary
5.  A person who attests the signature of the member to a nomination shall not take any benefit thereunder.
Revocation of nomination
6.  A nomination shall be revoked —
(a)by the marriage of the member;
(b)by the death of the nominee, or, where there is more than one nominee, of all the nominees, in the lifetime of the member;
(c)by written notice of revocation given in accordance with these Rules; or
(d)by a subsequent nomination duly made in accordance with these Rules by the same member.
Notice of revocation of nomination
7.  A notice of revocation for the purpose of these Rules shall be made either in the Form B or 1B set out in the Schedule and shall be signed by the member in the presence of two witnesses, who shall attest the signature of the member, and the notice shall be of no effect unless it is received by the Board during the lifetime of the member.
Qualification of witnesses
8.  No person shall attest the signature of the member to a nomination or notice of revocation unless he has attained the age of 21 years and is of sound mind, or unless he is an employee of the Board.
[S 428/92 wef 16/10/1992]
Multiple nominees
9.  Where there is more than one nominee and a nominee dies before the member, his share of the moneys or any shares in an approved corporation designated under section 26A(1) of the Act shall pass to the surviving nominees and shall be shared among them in the same proportion as the respective shares of the surviving nominees bear to each other.
[S 577/95 wef 01/01/1996]
Public notice
10.  Upon the death of a nominator, the Board may, before paying any nominee the amount or any shares in an approved corporation designated under section 26A(1) of the Act due to him according to the directions of the nomination, give one month’s notice of its intention to do so in one or more daily newspapers.
[S 577/95 wef 01/01/1996]
Saving
11.  Any nomination made by a member under the Central Provident Fund Rules and received by the Board prior to 1st January 1987 shall, if valid immediately before that date, be deemed to be a nomination made under these Rules.
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