Central Provident Fund (Amendment) Rules 2006

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 22 Dec 2006

No. S 680

Central Provident Fund Act

(Chapter 36)

Central Provident Fund (Amendment) Rules 2006

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 77(2) of the Central Provident Fund Act, the Central Provident Fund Board hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Central Provident Fund (Amendment) Rules 2006 and shall come into operation on 25th December 2006.

Amendment of rule 2

2. Rule 2 of the Central Provident Fund Rules (R 3, 2006 Ed.) is amended by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “identity card” and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definitions:

“ “permanent resident” means a person who holds a valid entry permit or re-entry permit issued by the Controller of Immigration under the Immigration Act (Cap. 133);

“residential address” means the residential address of a person as provided by him for the purpose of his registration under the National Registration Act.”.

Deletion and substitution of rule 24

3. Rule 24 of the Central Provident Fund Rules is deleted and the following rule substituted therefor:

“Correspondence with members

24.—(1) Where the Board requires to correspond with a member of the Fund, it shall send the correspondence to the member —

(a)

in a case where the member is a citizen of Singapore or a permanent resident, at —

(i)	his residential address; or
(ii)	such other address as may have been supplied to the Board by the member and approved by the Board; and

(b)

in any other case, at such address as may have been supplied to the Board by the member for such purpose.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), every member shall notify the Board in writing of any change in the address at which the Board may correspond with him and the Board may thereafter, if it thinks appropriate, correspond with the member using the new address.

(3) Where a member who is a citizen of Singapore or a permanent resident uses his residential address as the address at which the Board may correspond with him, then, if the member has changed his residential address and has made a report of the change under section 8 of the National Registration Act (Cap. 201), he shall be deemed to have notified the Board of the change in his residential address in compliance with paragraph (2).”.

Made this 15th day of December 2006.

KOH YONG GUAN

Chairman,
Central Provident Fund Board,
Singapore.

[MMC 8.1/97 V5; AG/LEG/SL/36/2005/21 Vol.1]

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

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