Singapore legislation

Clause 18

of Child Development Co-Savings (Amendment No. 2) Bill

Clause 18

Amendment of section 12F

(1)

Section 12F(1) of the principal Act is amended by deleting paragraph (a) and substituting the following paragraph:“(a)the mother’s confinement in respect of the child occurs, or the estimated delivery date for that confinement is, on or after the date of commencement of section 18(1) of the Child Development Co‑Savings (Amendment No. 2) Act 2016;”.

(2)

Section 12F of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsections (1), (2) and (3) and substituting the following subsections:“(1) A male employee who is the natural father of a child is entitled to absent himself from work on shared parental leave, and to payment by his employer, under section 12E(2), and a self‑employed man who is the natural father of a child is entitled to payment by the Government under section 12E(3), if —

(a)

the mother’s confinement in respect of the child occurs, or the estimated delivery date for that confinement is, on or after the date of commencement of section 18(2) of the Child Development Co‑Savings (Amendment No. 2) Act 2016;

(b)

the child —

(i)

is a citizen of Singapore at the time of the child’s birth; or

(ii)

becomes a citizen of Singapore within 12 months commencing on the date of the child’s birth;

(c)

the child’s mother was lawfully married to the child’s natural father —

(i)

at the time the child was conceived;

(ii)

after the child was conceived but before the child’s birth; or

(iii)

within 12 months commencing on the date of the child’s birth but on or before the date she makes an election under section 12E(5) in favour of the child’s natural father,whether or not such marriage remains subsisting at the time of the child’s birth or at the time of the election.(1A) A male employee who is the adoptive father of a child is entitled to absent himself from work on shared parental leave, and to payment by his employer, under section 12E(2), and a self‑employed man who is the adoptive father of a child is entitled to payment by the Government under section 12E(3), if —

(a)

the adoptive father has made a joint application with the child’s adoptive mother to adopt the child;

(b)

the eligibility date for the joint application to adopt the child is on or after the date of commencement of section 18(2) of the Child Development Co‑Savings (Amendment No. 2) Act 2016;

(c)

on or before the date that the adoptive mother makes an election under section 12E(5) in favour of the adoptive father, the adoptive father is lawfully married to the adoptive mother; and

(d)

where the child is not a citizen of Singapore, the adoptive father or the adoptive mother is a citizen of Singapore on the date a dependant’s pass is issued in respect of the child.(2) Subject to any regulations made under section 20, where a male employee absents himself from work on shared parental leave for any period mentioned in section 12E(2)(a), the payment he is entitled to receive from his employer under section 12E(2)(b) is an amount that —

(a)

does not exceed $2,500 per week of the male employee’s absence from work under section 12E(2)(a); and

(b)

does not exceed a total of N times $2,500.(3) Subject to any regulations made under section 20, where a self‑employed man ceases to be actively engaged in his trade, business, profession or vocation during any period mentioned in section 12E(3), he is entitled to receive from the Government under that section an amount that —

(a)

does not exceed $2,000 per week of his cessation of active engagement in his trade, business, profession or vocation; and

(b)

does not exceed a total of N times $2,500.”.

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