Clause 5

by deleting paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsections (1), (1A), (1B) and (1C) and substituting in each case the following paragraphs:“(c)in the case of a female employee —

whose confinement occurs before 1st May 2013, and whose estimated delivery date for her confinement in respect of that child (as certified by a medical practitioner) is before 1st May 2013, she has served the employer for at least 90 days immediately preceding the day of her confinement; and

whose confinement occurs on or after 1st May 2013, or whose confinement occurs before 1st May 2013 but whose estimated delivery date for her confinement in respect of that child (as certified by a medical practitioner) is on or after 1st May 2013, she has served the employer for at least 3 months immediately preceding the day of her confinement; and

in the case of a self-employed woman —

whose confinement occurs before 1st May 2013, and whose estimated delivery date for her confinement in respect of that child (as certified by a medical practitioner) is before 1st May 2013, she has been carrying on her trade, business, profession or vocation for a continuous period of at least 90 days immediately preceding the day of her confinement; and

whose confinement occurs on or after 1st May 2013, or whose confinement occurs before 1st May 2013 but whose estimated delivery date for her confinement in respect of that child (as certified by a medical practitioner) is on or after 1st May 2013, she has been carrying on her trade, business, profession or vocation for a continuous period of at least 3 months immediately preceding the day of her confinement.”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1C), the following subsections:“(2) Subject to this section and without prejudice to section 9(5B), a woman who is or was a female employee or self-employed woman shall be entitled to payment by the Government under section 9(5A) if and only if —

her confinement occurs, or the estimated delivery date (as certified by a medical practitioner) for her confinement is, on or after 1st January 2013;

the child delivered during her confinement —

is a citizen of Singapore at the time of his birth; or

is not a citizen of Singapore at the time of his birth but becomes a citizen of Singapore within 12 months commencing on the date of his birth;

she —

is lawfully married to the child’s natural father at the time the child is conceived;

becomes lawfully married to the child’s natural father after the child is conceived but before the child’s birth, whether or not such marriage remains subsisting at the time of the child’s birth; or

is not lawfully married to the child’s natural father at the time the child is conceived or at any time after the child is conceived but before the child’s birth, but becomes lawfully married to the child’s natural father within the period of 12 months commencing on the date of the child’s birth; and

she has, for at least 90 days in the aggregate during the 12 months preceding the day of her confinement, been employed by one or more employers or been self-employed or both.(2A) For the purposes of reckoning the number of days under subsection (2)(d) in which a woman has been employed or self-employed —

the aggregate number of days need not immediately precede the day of her confinement;

Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays shall be included, in the case of a female employee who is or was employed by an employer for a continuous period, or a self-employed woman who is or was engaged in her trade, business, profession or vocation for a continuous period;

in the case of a female employee who is or was a daily-rated employee, the number of days shall be the actual number of days in which the female employee had worked;

in the case of a self-employed woman who is or was engaged in her trade, business, profession or vocation for a non-continuous period, the number of days shall be the actual number of days in which the self-employed woman was engaged in her trade, business, profession or vocation; and

where 2 or more periods of employment overlap, the overlapping periods shall be counted only once.”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (5), the following subsection:“(5A) The amount of payment that a female employee or a self-employed woman is entitled to receive from the Government under section 9(5A) or (5C), as the case may be, shall not exceed $10,000 for every 28 days.”;

by deleting the words “subsections (4) and (5)” in subsection (6) and substituting the words “subsections (4), (5) and (5A)”; and

by deleting the words “other written law” in subsection (7) and substituting the words “written law”.