Singapore legislation
Section 79
Section 79
Reciprocal agreements
(1)
The Minister may, after consulting with the Board, enter into a reciprocal agreement with the government of any other territory in which a fund similar to the Fund has been established and the agreement may provide, amongst other matters, that —
any period of employment by an employer in the territory of that government is to be treated as a period of employment in Singapore by that employer for the purpose of the definition of “employee” in section 2;
subject to such conditions as may be laid down in the reciprocal agreement, any amount standing to the credit of any member of the Fund who is employed by any employer in the territory of that government may be transferred to his or her credit in the fund; and
any amount standing to the credit in the fund of any person who becomes a member of the Fund may be transferred to his or her credit in the Fund.
(2)
If any such reciprocal agreement containing such provisions is entered into, the definition of employee in section 2 is deemed to be modified accordingly, so that —
a person is not required to contribute to the Fund in respect of any period during which the person was not employed in Singapore;
an employer is not required to contribute in respect of any employee during that period; and
the transfer by the Board of credits to and from the Fund in that manner is permitted.
(3)
Any reciprocal agreement made under subsection (1) must be published in the Gazette and comes into operation on the date of the publication or on such later date as may be provided in the agreement.