Retirement sum required of member
4.—(1)  The retirement sum applicable to a member shall —
(a)be the appropriate amount set out in the second column of the Second Schedule; and
(b)comprise —
(i)an amount in cash which is at least that specified in the third column of the Second Schedule; and
(ii)an amount (not exceeding that specified in the fourth column of that Schedule) covered by a charge on or pledge of an immovable property —
(A)under section 15(9), (9A), (10), (10A), (11D) or (11E), 21, 21A or 21B of the Act; or
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(B)where the member is the spouse of any relevant person, under section 15(9), (9A), (10), (10A), (11D) or (11E), 21, 21A, 21B, 27C(1)(v), 27D(1)(v), 27DA(1)(v), 27E(1)(iv) or 27F(1)(iv) of the Act.
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(1A)  The amount of the retirement sum that has been set aside by a member at any time is determined in accordance with the formula A – B – C, where —
(a)A is the total amount that has been credited into the member’s retirement account at that time;
(b)B is the total of the following amounts that have been credited into the member’s retirement account at that time:
(i)any interest under section 6(4) of the Act;
(ii)any additional interest under section 6(4B) of the Act;
(iii)any cash grant (within the meaning of section 14(5) of the Act) credited into the member’s retirement account under section 14(1) of the Act, excluding such a cash grant administered by the Ministry of National Development or the Housing and Development Board;
(iv)any monthly income due to the member under section 27K(6) of the Act, if —
(A)the member is a relevant member;
(B)the member has nominated, in accordance with section 25(1)(a)(iii) of the Act, any person to receive a portion of the amount payable on the member’s death out of the Fund;
(C)that nomination is not, to the best of the Board’s knowledge, revoked; and
(D)the member has applied to the Board under the Central Provident Fund (Lifelong Income Scheme) Regulations 2009 (G.N. No. S 393/2009) for the monthly income to be paid into the member’s retirement account;
(v)any amount paid to the member’s account pursuant to regulation 19; and
(c)C is the total of the following amounts that have been withdrawn from moneys standing to the credit of the member’s retirement account at that time (except any amounts withdrawn from the amounts mentioned in sub‑paragraph (b)):
(i)any amount withdrawn from the member’s retirement account under section 15(9), (9A), (10), (10A), (11), (11A), (11B) or (11C) of the Act;
(ii)any amount withdrawn from the member’s retirement account mentioned in section 21(1), 21A(1) or 21B(1) of the Act or transferred to the member’s ordinary account under any of the following regulations:
(A)regulation 17B of the Central Provident Fund (Approved Housing Schemes) Regulations (Rg 12);
(B)regulation 6B of the Central Provident Fund (Approved HDB‑HUDC Housing Scheme) Regulations (Rg 14);
(C)regulation 8A of the Central Provident Fund (Approved Middle‑Income Housing Scheme) Regulations (Rg 4);
(D)regulation 7A of the Central Provident Fund (Ministry of Defence Housing Scheme) Regulations (Rg 13);
(E)regulation 15A of the Central Provident Fund (Non‑Residential Properties Scheme) Regulations (Rg 10);
(F)regulation 23A of the Central Provident Fund (Residential Properties Scheme) Regulations (Rg 6);
(iii)any amount transferred or paid to the member’s spouse from the member’s retirement account under section 27B of the Act;
(iv)any amount restored from the member’s retirement account under section 13(7H)(a) of the Act to an account (of that member or any other member) in the Fund;
(v)any amount refunded to a person from the member’s retirement account under section 13(7I)(a) of the Act;
(vi)any amount transferred to a relevant individual from the member’s retirement account under section 18 of the Act;
(vii)any amount withdrawn from the member’s retirement account under regulation 12A.
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(2)  In this regulation —
“relevant person” means any member of the Fund, regardless of when he has attained or will attain the age of 55 years, who has transferred (other than by way of sale) his estate or interest in an immovable property to his spouse pursuant to an order of court (as defined in section 27A of the Act);
“spouse” includes a former spouse.
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