Clause 11

by deleting subsections (1), (1A) and (1B) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), where —

a female employee applies to adopt a child in accordance with any written law relating to the adoption of children;

either —

the child is a citizen of Singapore at the time the application is made and the court has made an order appointing the Director of Social Welfare as guardian in adoption of the child; or

the child is not a citizen of Singapore at the time the application is made and a dependant’s pass has been issued in respect of the child;

at the time the Director of Social Welfare is appointed as guardian in adoption of the child or the dependant’s pass is issued in respect of the child, as the case may be —

the child is below 6 months of age;

the employee is married, widowed or divorced; and

if the application referred to in paragraph (a) is made before 17th August 2008, the employee has fewer than 4 other living children;

during the period commencing on the day the Director of Social Welfare is appointed as guardian in adoption of the child or the dependant’s pass is issued in respect of the child, as the case may be, and ending on the day the child attains 6 months of age, the employee —

is granted leave by her employer; and

absents herself from work by taking such leave,for one or more periods, not exceeding 24 days in the aggregate; and

the employee has received payment from her employer at her gross rate of pay during such period or periods of absence,the employer shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Government, in accordance with any regulations made under section 20, for —

the amount of such payment; and

any contribution which the employer has made under the Central Provident Fund Act (Cap. 36) in respect of such payment which is not recoverable from the employee’s wages.”;

by deleting the words “or (1A)(d)” in subsection (2);

by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and substituting the following paragraphs:“(a)the rest days, holidays, annual leave and sick leave to which an employee is entitled under sections 36, 42, 43 and 44, respectively, of the Employment Act (Cap. 91);

by deleting the words “or (1A)” in subsection (3);

by deleting the words “subsection (1A)” in subsection (3A)(a) and substituting the words “subsection (1)”;

by deleting the words “subsection (1A)(a)” in subsection (3A)(b) and substituting the words “subsection (1)(a)”;

by deleting subsections (4), (4A) and (4B) and substituting the following subsection:“(4) Subject to subsection (5), where —

a self-employed woman applies to adopt a child in accordance with any written law relating to the adoption of children;

either —

the child is a citizen of Singapore at the time the application is made and the court has made an order appointing the Director of Social Welfare as guardian in adoption of the child; or

the child is not a citizen of Singapore at the time the application is made and a dependant’s pass has been issued in respect of the child;

at the time the Director of Social Welfare is appointed as guardian in adoption of the child or the dependant’s pass is issued in respect of the child, as the case may be —

the child is below 6 months of age;

the self-employed woman is married, widowed or divorced; and

if the application referred to in paragraph (a) is made before 17th August 2008, the self-employed woman has fewer than 4 other living children;

during the period commencing on the day the Director of Social Welfare is appointed as guardian in adoption of the child or the dependant’s pass is issued in respect of the child, as the case may be, and ending on the day the child attains 6 months of age, the self-employed woman ceases to be actively engaged in her trade, business, profession or vocation for one or more periods, not exceeding 24 days in the aggregate; and

the self-employed woman has lost any income by reason of her ceasing to be actively engaged in her trade, business, profession or vocation during such period or periods,the self-employed woman shall be entitled to claim from the Government, in accordance with any regulations made under section 20, the income she would otherwise have derived from her trade, business, profession or vocation had she continued to be actively engaged in such trade, business, profession or vocation during the period or periods referred to in paragraph (d).”;

by deleting the words “or (4A)” in subsection (5);

by deleting the words “subsection (4A)” in subsection (6)(a) and substituting the words “subsection (4)”; and

by deleting the words “subsection (4A)(a)” in subsection (6)(b) and substituting the words “subsection (4)(a)”.