Singapore legislation
Clause 9
Clause 9
New section 16A
The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 16, the following section:“Withdrawal from medisave account of deceased member for payment of his medical expenses16A.—
Notwithstanding section 24(3A), on or after the death of a member of the Fund, the Board may, subject to such conditions as the Minister may from time to time impose, permit the withdrawal of the whole or any part of the sum standing to his credit in his medisave account, in accordance with any regulations made under section 77(1), for the payment of expenses for medical treatment received by him, if that withdrawal had been authorised —
before his death, by him or, if he was unable to give the authorisation, by a prescribed person; or
on or after his death, by a prescribed person.(2) Where the Board has permitted the withdrawal of any money under subsection (1), section 24(3A) shall not apply to that money.(3) In subsection (1), “prescribed person” means such person or committee as may be prescribed by any regulations made under section 77(1).”.