Central Provident Fund Regulations - Singapore Statutes Online

Central Provident Fund Act

(Chapter 36, Section 77)

Central Provident Fund Regulations

Rg 15

G.N. No. S 313/1987

REVISED EDITION 1998

(1st January 1998)

[1st December 1987]

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Central Provident Fund Regulations.

Time for payment of contributions

2.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), all contributions to the Fund payable by an employer under section 7(1) of the Act shall be paid to the Board not later than 14 days after the end of the month in respect of which the contributions are payable.

(2) The Board may, in the case of any employer or class or classes of employers, authorise the time for payment to be extended by not more than 7 days.

(3) Where the Board has authorised the withdrawal of the sum of money standing to the credit of a member in the Fund under section 15(2) or (3) of the Act, the Board may require any contributions due in respect of that member to be paid to the Fund by such earlier date as the Board may direct.

Time for payment of interest

3.—(1) Any sum due to the Board by way of interest under section 9 of the Act shall be paid to the Board within 14 days of a demand by the Board for such payment.

(2) Where the Board has recovered any interest in respect of arrears of contributions, the Board shall pay the whole or such part, as the Board may determine, of the interest that would have been payable on the contributions that were received late if those contributions had been paid on the due date.

[S 718/2007 wef 01/01/2008]

Fees and charges

3A.—(1) The fees and charges specified in the second column of the Schedule shall be payable to the Board in respect of the matters set out in the first column thereof.

(2) The Board may, where it considers appropriate, waive wholly or in part any fee or charge specified in the Schedule.

(3) Any fee or charge due to the Board under these Regulations shall be paid to the Board not later than 7 days from the date of the demand by the Board for such payment, and such fee or charge, if remaining unpaid on the expiry of the period of 7 days, shall constitute a debt due to the Board and be recoverable as such.

[S 695/2002 wef 01/04/2003]

Manner of payment of moneys

4. All contributions to the Fund and all fees and charges payable to the Board may be paid —

(a)	in cash at any post office in Singapore duly authorised to receive money on behalf of the Board;
(b)	by money order, postal order or cheque drawn on any bank in Singapore delivered or sent by post to the Board’s office;
(c)	by any electronic means as the Board may permit from time to time, subject to such terms and conditions as the Board may impose in connection with the use of such means; or
(d)	in such other manner as the Board may from time to time authorise in any particular case or class of cases. [S 695/2002 wef 01/01/2003]

Forms

5. All payments of contributions to the Fund shall be accompanied by such duly completed forms as the Board may require for that purpose.

Receipt of payments

6. A receipt or an acknowledgment thereof of any sum paid to the Board on account of contributions to the Fund may be given by the Board or any other person duly authorised to receive such contributions on behalf of the Board.

Treatment of moneys not successfully paid out of Fund

7.—(1) Where —

(a)	any amount has been authorised to be paid out of the Fund to any person entitled thereto under section 15, 20, 26, 26C, 26D, 27 or 27B of the Act; and
(b)	the amount has not been successfully transferred to that person or the instrument in respect of such payment has been returned to the Board,

the Board shall restore to the member’s account or to the general moneys of the Fund, as the case may be, the amount or the value of the instrument as if such amount or value had been restored —

(i)	from the date of the unsuccessful transfer of the amount to the person entitled to the payment; or
(ii)	where the instrument has been returned to the Board, from the date of return of the instrument or date of expiry of the instrument, whichever is the earlier,

and the Board shall credit the whole or such part, as the Board may determine, of the interest that would have been payable on the amount restored if that amount had not been debited from the Fund, in such manner as the Board considers fit.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), where on or before 1st January 2003 —

(a)	any amount has been authorised to be paid out of the Fund to any person entitled thereto under section 15, 20, 26 or 27 of the Act;
(b)	the amount has not been successfully transferred to that person or the instrument in respect of such payment has been returned to the Board; and
(c)	the amount or the value of the instrument has been subsequently transferred to the Reserve Account of the Fund,

the Board shall, if satisfied that any person is entitled to the whole or part of the amount, restore to the member’s account the amount as if such amount had been restored —

(i)	from the date of the unsuccessful transfer of the amount to the person entitled to the payment; or
(ii)	where the instrument has been returned to the Board, from the date of return of the instrument or date of expiry of the instrument, whichever is the earlier,

(3) In this regulation, “instrument” includes any bank draft, warrant or cheque.

(4) For the purposes of this regulation —

(a)	any amount paid out of the Fund includes an amount paid out by the inter-bank GIRO or telegraphic transfer; and
(b)	where any amount is or was paid out of the Fund in any foreign currency, the amount or the value of the instrument restored to the member’s account or to the general moneys of the Fund, as the case may be, may be more or less than the amount paid out of the Fund. [S 820/2010 wef 01/01/2011]

Refund of excess contributions

8.—(1) Where the Board is satisfied that —

(a)	the amount of voluntary contributions which have been paid into a member’s account in a year exceeds the sum specified in section 13B(2) of the Act; or
(b)	the amount of additional medisave contributions which have been paid by an employer in a year exceeds $1,500,

the Board may refund the excess contributions to the person who had paid the excess contributions into the member’s account

(2) The Board may require the person to whom the excess contributions are to be refunded to furnish to the Board such information as may be necessary for the purposes of determining whether any refund is payable under paragraph (1).

(3) The Board may retain the whole or any part of the excess contributions to be used to set off against any contribution or interest thereon which is due or may become due to the Board.

(4) In this regulation, “additional medisave contributions” means the contributions paid by an employer under section 7(4)(c) of the Act specifically for the purposes of the medisave account of his employee.

[S 367/2003 wef 01/01/2003]

Requirements to be satisfied before member’s accounts in Fund deemed to be dormant

9.—(1) For the purpose of section 2(1B) of the Act, a member’s accounts in the Fund shall be deemed dormant on and with effect from the date on which all of the following requirements are satisfied:

(a)	the member is aged 100 years or above;
(b)	there have been no transactions in the member’s accounts which would satisfy the Board that the member is alive during the period of 10 years immediately preceding such date;
(c)	the Board has, in accordance with paragraph (2) or (3), as the case may be, notified the member that he is required to satisfy the Board that he is still alive; and
(d)	the member fails to satisfy the Board that he is alive in such form and manner, and within such period, as required by the Board under sub-paragraph (c).

(2) Where the Board has records of the last known address of a member referred to in paragraph (1), the Board may, by written notice to the member, require him to satisfy the Board that he is alive by responding to the Board in such form and manner, and within such period, as the Board may specify in the written notice.

(3) Where the address of a member referred to in paragraph (1) is unknown, the Board may publish a notice in an English local daily newspaper and, at the option of the Board, one other local daily newspaper in another language of the Board’s choice, requiring the member to satisfy the Board that he is alive by responding to the Board in such form and manner, and within such period, as the Board may specify in the published notice.

[S 820/2010 wef 01/01/2011]

Transfer of moneys where member’s accounts in Fund are deemed to be dormant

10.—(1) The Board may, at any time after 6 months from the date on which a member’s accounts in the Fund are deemed to be dormant, transfer the amount standing to the credit of the member in his medisave account, special account, retirement account and living expenses account to his ordinary account.

(2) Where the Board has made a transfer under paragraph (1) and —

(a)	no restoration of the moneys under regulation 12 has taken place; and
(b)	there are moneys standing to the credit of the member in his ordinary account,

the Board may, at any time after the 7th anniversary of the date on which the member’s accounts in the Fund are deemed to be dormant, transfer the amount standing to the credit of that member in his ordinary account to the general moneys of the Fund.

(3) In this regulation and regulation 11, “living expenses account” means an account maintained by the Board for a member of the Fund in respect of any amount standing to his credit in the Fund which he is required to set aside under any condition referred to in section 27(2)(b) or (3) of the Act.

[S 820/2010 wef 01/01/2011]

Transfer of moneys where member has died

11.—(1) Where a member has died and —

(a)	there is any amount standing to the credit of the member in his medisave account, special account, retirement account or living expenses account; and
(b)	at least 6 months have passed from the date of the member’s death,

the Board may transfer the amount under sub-paragraph (a) to the member’s ordinary account.

(2) Where a member has died and —

(a)	there is any amount standing to the credit of the member in his ordinary account, medisave account, special account, retirement account or living expenses account; and
(b)	the 7th anniversary of the date of the member’s death has passed,

the Board may transfer the amount under sub-paragraph (a) to the general moneys of the Fund.

(3) Where the Board has received, within the period of 6 months from the date of the member’s death, an application for the withdrawal of the whole or part of the amount standing to the member’s credit in his medisave account for the payment of treatment under section 16A of the Act, no amount standing to the member’s credit in his medisave account shall be transferred to the member’s ordinary account until such application for withdrawal has been processed by the Board.

[S 820/2010 wef 01/01/2011]

Restoration of moneys transferred

12.—(1) Where —

(a)	any amount has been transferred to the ordinary account of a member under regulation 10(1) or to the general moneys of the Fund under regulation 10(2); and
(b)	the Board is satisfied that any of the conditions under regulation 9(1) for such transfer has not been met,

the Board may, in such manner as it thinks fit, restore to the member’s accounts in the Fund the amount which has been so transferred to the ordinary account of the member or the general moneys of the Fund, as the case may be, including the whole or such part, as the Board may determine, of any interest that would have been payable thereon if such transfer had not been made.

(2) Where any amount has been transferred to —

(a)	the ordinary account of a member under regulation 10(1); or
(b)	the general moneys of the Fund under regulation 10(2),

and the Board is notified of the member’s death, the transferred amount (including the whole or such part, as the Board may determine, of any interest that would have been payable thereon if such transfer had not been made) may be restored to the member’s accounts in the Fund.

(3) Where any amount has been transferred to —

(a)	the ordinary account of a member under regulation 11(1); or
(b)	the general moneys of the Fund under regulation 11(2),

the Board may, upon being satisfied that any person is entitled to the whole or any part of the amount under section 25 of the Act, restore the whole or any part of that amount (including the whole or such part, as the Board may determine, of any interest that would have been payable if the transfer had not been made) to the member’s accounts in the Fund from which that amount had been transferred.

(4) Where any amount has been transferred to —

(a)	the ordinary account of a member under regulation 11(1); or
(b)	the general moneys of the Fund under regulation 11(2),

and the Board is served with an order of court referred to in section 27B of the Act awarding the spouse of the member any amount to be paid out from the moneys standing to the credit of the member in the Fund (including any moneys which are payable or repayable to the Fund to the credit of the member) —

(i)

where the amount awarded under the order of court exceeds the amount standing to the member’s credit in the Fund (including the whole or such part, as the Board may determine, of any interest that would have been payable thereon if the transfer had not been made), the Board may restore the latter amount (including interest) to the member’s accounts in the Fund from which that amount had been transferred; or

(ii)

where the amount awarded under the order of court does not exceed the amount standing to the member’s credit in the Fund (including the whole or such part, as the Board may determine, of any interest that would have been payable thereon if the transfer had not been made), the Board may restore the former amount to the member’s accounts in the Fund from which that amount had been transferred.

(5) Subject to regulation 7(2), where any amount has been transferred to the general moneys of the Fund before 1st January 2011 and —

(a)	the Board is satisfied that the member is alive; or
(b)	the Board is satisfied that any person is entitled to the whole or part of the amount under the Act,

the Board may restore to the member’s accounts in the Fund the amount which has been so transferred together with such interest as the Board may, in its discretion, determine.

(6) For the purpose of paragraph (2), the Board is notified of a member’s death if it has received satisfactory proof of, or obtained reliable information on, the member’s death from any person, and such proof of death or information may be received or obtained before, on or after 1st January 2011.

[S 820/2010 wef 01/01/2011]

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