Central Provident Fund (Ministry of Defence Housing Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 23 Apr 2004

No. S 223

Central Provident Fund Act

(Chapter 36)

Central Provident Fund (Ministry of Defence Housing Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 77(1)(h) of the Central Provident Fund Act, Dr Ng Eng Hen, Minister of State, Ministry of Education, 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 (Ministry of Defence Housing Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into operation on 23rd April 2004.

Deletion and substitution of regulation 7

2. Regulation 7 of the Central Provident Fund (Ministry of Defence Housing Scheme) Regulations (Rg 13) is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:

“Disbursements in connection with purchase, etc.

7.—(1) Where an officer and his spouse or either of them are or is required to pay any stamp duties, fees or charges in connection with —

(a)	the purchase of a flat by them or by him or her, as the case may be, whether or not moneys were withdrawn under these Regulations for such purchase;
(b)	the transfer or assignment of a flat to them or to him or her, as the case may be;
(c)	the creation or discharge of any mortgage on a flat purchased by, or transferred or assigned to, them or to him or her, as the case may be; or
(d)	the withdrawal of moneys under these Regulations,

the Board may, on their application or on his or her application, as the case may be, and subject to such terms and conditions as the Board may impose, authorise the whole or part of the amount standing to their credit in the Fund or the amount standing to his or her credit in the Fund to be withdrawn and used for that purpose.

(2) For the avoidance of doubt, where an officer and his spouse or either of them is required to pay any stamp duties, fees or other charges in connection with —

(a)	any divestment, by them or by him or her, as the case may be, whether by sale, transfer, assignment or otherwise, of any interest or title in a flat; or
(b)	the discharge of any mortgage on a flat upon the divestment by them or by him or her, as the case may be, of their interest or his or her interest in such flat,

no amount standing to their credit in the Fund or to his or her credit in the Fund shall be withdrawn for that purpose.”.

Amendment of regulation 12

3. Regulation 12 of the Central Provident Fund (Ministry of Defence Housing Scheme) Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “a minimum sum” in paragraph (5)(c) and substituting the words “the sums”;

(b)

by deleting sub-paragraph (I) of paragraph (5) (ii) (B) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(i)	the sums, or any deficiency thereof, which he is required to set aside under section 15(6) of the Act, including any interest that would have accrued thereto; and”;

(c)

by deleting the word “minimum” in paragraph (6)(c);

(d)

by deleting sub-paragraph (I) of paragraph (11) (ii) (B) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(i)	the sums, or any deficiency thereof, which he is required to set aside under section 15(6) of the Act, including any interest that would have accrued thereto; and”.

(e)

by deleting sub-paragraph (A) of paragraph (12) (ii) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(A) the sums, or any deficiency thereof, which he is required to set aside under section 15(6) of the Act, including any interest that would have accrued thereto; and”.

[G.N. Nos. S 89/99; S650/2001]

Made this 21st day of April 2004.

YONG YING-I

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[MMC 29/68 V13; AG/LEG/SL/36/2002/2 Vol. 4]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 78(2) of the Central Provident Fund Act).

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