Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Mosques and Muslim Religious Schools
79. Muslim employee may decide not to pay contributions
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A Muslim employee who does not wish his or her employer to pay contributions to the Mosque Building and Mendaki Fund on his or her behalf may exercise an option in such form as the Majlis may require for his or her employer not to pay contributions to the Mosque Building and Mendaki Fund on his or her behalf during any period specified by the Muslim employee in the form.
Where a Muslim employee has made an option under subsection (1), the Majlis is to issue him or her with a certificate to that effect.
Majlis
“Majlis” means the Majlis Ugama Islam, Singapura, constituted and continued under section 3;
The employee must forthwith notify his or her employer to that effect and thereupon the employer ceases to be liable to contribute to the Mosque Building and Mendaki Fund under section 78 in respect of that employee for such period the certificate is in force.
Mosque Building and Mendaki Fund
“Mosque Building and Mendaki Fund” means the Mosque Building and Mendaki Fund established under section 76;
Where an employee has exercised an option under subsection (1), his or her employer is liable, on the expiry of the period for which the certificate is in force, to pay contributions to the Mosque Building and Mendaki Fund in respect of that employee, unless that employee again exercises an option under subsection (1) and a fresh certificate is issued under subsection (2).