No. S 125
Central Provident Fund Act
(Chapter 36)
Central Provident Fund (Restrictions on Withdrawal from Medisave Account) (Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2010
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 69 of the Central Provident Fund Act, the Minister for Manpower hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1.  This Order may be cited as the Central Provident Fund (Restrictions on Withdrawal from Medisave Account) (Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st March 2010.
Deletion and substitution of paragraph 3
2.  Paragraph 3 of the Central Provident Fund (Restrictions on Withdrawal from Medisave Account) (Exemption) Order (O 6) is deleted and the following paragraph substituted therefor:
“Exemption for deputy or donee of member who is physically or mentally incapacitated, etc.
3.  Where a member of the Fund lacks capacity within the meaning of section 4 of the Mental Capacity Act 2008 (Act 22 of 2008), section 16 of the Act (read with regulation 2 of the Central Provident Fund (Mental Capacity) Regulations 2010 (G.N. No. S 117/2010)) shall not apply to a deputy appointed or deemed to be appointed for the member by the court under the Mental Capacity Act 2008 with power in relation to the member for the purposes of the Act, or to a donee under a lasting power of attorney registered under the Mental Capacity Act 2008 with power in relation to the member for the purposes of the Act, if —
(a)the member is entitled under section 15(2)(d), (e), (f) or (g) of the Act to withdraw the sum standing to his credit in the Fund;
(b)the deputy or donee (as the case may be) has applied to the Minister to be exempted from section 16 of the Act (read with regulation 2 of the Central Provident Fund (Mental Capacity) Regulations 2010);
(c)the Minister has approved the application; and
(d)the deputy or donee (as the case may be) complies with all conditions imposed by the Minister for the approval of the application.”.

Made this 24th day of February 2010.

LOH KHUM YEAN
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.
[MMS 7/68 V54; AG/LLRD/SL/36/2010/6 Vol. 1]
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