Singapore legislation
Section 25
Section 25
Offences by employer in relation to insurance
(1)
An employer who contravenes section 24(1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —
to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; or
if the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
(2)
A person is a repeat offender in relation to an offence under subsection (1) if the person who is convicted of an offence under that subsection has been convicted on at least one other earlier occasion of —
an offence under subsection (1); or
an offence under section 35(1)(b) of the repealed Act, whether the conviction was before, on or after 1 September 2020.
(3)
It is not a defence to a charge for an offence under subsection (1) that the employer did not know —
the number of employees employed by the employer, or the extent of the employer’s liability, that the employer must be insured against; or (b)that any insurance policy entered into or maintained was not an approved policy or that the insurer was not a designated insurer,unless the employer had taken all reasonable steps to ascertain those matters.
(4)
An employer who, for the purpose of defraying or partly defraying the cost of insurance required under section 24, makes any deduction from the earnings of an employee of the employer, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —
to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both; or
if the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
(5)
A person is a repeat offender in relation to an offence under subsection (4) if the person who is convicted of an offence under that subsection has been convicted on at least one other earlier occasion of —
an offence under subsection (4); or
an offence under section 35(1)(a) of the repealed Act, whether the conviction was before, on or after 1 September 2020.