Singapore legislation
Section 14
Section 14
Loss, etc., of work pass
(1)
When a work pass has been lost, destroyed or defaced, the foreign employee or the employer or the self‑employed foreigner (as the case may be) must report to the Controller within 7 days of such loss, destruction or defacement, and the Controller may issue a duplicate work pass on payment of the prescribed fee.
(2)
Where the foreign employee or the employer or the self‑employed foreigner recovers possession of the work pass after reporting the loss of the work pass, the foreign employee or the employer or the self‑employed foreigner, as the case may be —
may retain the work pass if no duplicate work pass has been issued by the Controller under subsection (1); or
must immediately return the work pass so recovered to the Controller for revocation if a duplicate work pass has been issued by the Controller under subsection (1).
(3)
A person who finds or comes into possession of a work pass other than his or her own must immediately deliver it to the Controller.