No. S 201
Factories Act
(Chapter 104)
Factories (Exemption) Order 1998
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 4 of the Factories Act, the President hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1.—(1)  This Order may be cited as the Factories (Exemption) Order 1998 and shall come into operation on 8th April 1998.
(2)  This Order shall remain in operation for a period of 3 years until 7th April 2001 inclusive.
Singapore Armed Forces exempted
2.  Subject to paragraph 3, factories belonging to or in the occupation of the Singapore Armed Forces and premises in which building operations and works of engineering construction are carried on by the Singapore Armed Forces are hereby exempted from the provisions of the Act.
Exemption not extended to Government contractors
3.  The exemption under paragraph 2 shall not apply to factories and premises in which building operations and works of engineering construction are carried on by contractors engaged by the Government to carry out such building operations or works of engineering construction.

Made this 20th day of March 1998.

By Command
ONG KOK MIN
Secretary to the Cabinet,
Singapore.
[LM 53/73; AG/LEG/SL/104/98/1 Vol.1]