Singapore legislation

Section 58C

of Central Provident Fund Act 1953

Section 58C

Fraudulent disability assessment

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(1)

An assessor in making a report of a disability assessment that the assessor conducted for a person for the benefit of whom an application is made under section 16B or 16C must not give any information which is false, or conceal any information, with the intent of causing an application made under section 16B or 16C (as the case may be) to be accepted and overpaid or rejected and underpaid.

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(2)

An assessor who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

(a)

to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both; and

(b)

in addition, to a penalty equal to 4 times the relevant amount (if applicable).

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(3)

In this section, “relevant amount” means the amount of overpayment and the amount of assessment fee charged for the assessment.

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