Employment of Foreign Manpower (Work Pass Exemptions) Notification

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Employment of Foreign Manpower Act

(CHAPTER 91A, Section 4)

Employment of Foreign Manpower (Work Pass Exemptions) Notification

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G.N. No. S 345/2007

REVISED EDITION 2009

(15th December 2009)

[1st July 2007]

Citation

1. This Notification may be cited as the Employment of Foreign Manpower (Work Pass Exemptions) Notification.

Officers and seamen on international voyages

2.—(1) The following persons shall be exempted from section 5 of the Act:

(a)	a foreign employee who is an officer or a seaman on an international voyage aboard any Singapore ship registered under the Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 179); and
(b)	any person who employs or wishes to employ a foreign employee referred to in sub-paragraph (a) in respect of that foreign employee.

(2) For the purpose of sub-paragraph (1), “officer” and “seaman” shall have the same meanings as in the Merchant Shipping Act.

Students on vacation, etc.

3.—(1) Any foreigner who is —

(a)	14 years of age or above; and
(b)	a full-time matriculated or registered student of a recognised university or an educational institution set out in Part I of the Schedule,

shall be exempted from the requirement in section 5 of the Act of having a work pass to be employed by any employer during his school vacation or term break, as the case may be.

(2) Any foreigner who is —

(a)

a full-time matriculated or registered student of a recognised university or an educational institution set out in Part II of the Schedule; and

(b)

required to work —

(i)	for less than 16 hours per week; or
(ii)	under an industrial attachment programme conducted by his university or educational institution, as the case may be,

shall be exempted from the requirement in section 5 of the Act of having a work pass to be or being employed by any employer.

(3) The employer of any foreigner referred to in sub-paragraph (1) or (2) shall be exempted from the requirement in section 5 of the Act in respect of that foreigner.

[G.N. Nos. S 345/2007; S 517/2007; S 535/2008]

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