Clause 26

This section applies to a man who satisfies the requirements of section 12I(4A) (called in this section an eligible father).(2) Unless disqualified under subsection (4), an eligible father is entitled to claim from the Government an amount equivalent to 14 days of his total income during such period before the delivery of the child or the eligibility date for the application to adopt the child (whichever is applicable) as may be prescribed.(3) An eligible father’s entitlement under subsection (2) is —

an amount that does not exceed $2,500 for every 7 days; and

to be reduced in accordance with any regulations made under section 20 if any of the following conditions applies to him:

his employer has paid or is required to pay him any amount in respect of the delivery of his child or the adoption of the child, as the case may be;

his employer is entitled to claim, or has claimed, reimbursement from the Government for such payment under section 12J (whether or not pursuant to an exemption under section 22);

his employment is terminated upon completion of his contract of service, and he failed to exercise any part of his entitlement under this Act to be absent from work before the date of completion of his contract.(4) Except as provided in subsections (5) and (6), an eligible father is not entitled to claim any payment from the Government under subsection (2), if —

he is also a male employee who is entitled to absent himself from work under section 12H(1) and to receive payment from his employer under section 12H(2), in respect of the same birth or adoption of the child (as the case may be), regardless of whether he has forfeited the whole or part of his entitlement to absent himself from work and to receive payment from his employer under section 12H(3); or

he is also a self‑employed man who is entitled to claim from the Government his lost income under section 12H(4), in respect of the same birth or adoption of the child, as the case may be.(5) Subsection (4) and section 12M do not disqualify an eligible father from claiming payment from the Government under subsection (2) in respect of any period when he is on leave of absence without pay granted by his employer at his request, if the leave is for a continuous period ending at least 12 months after the date of birth of the child.(6) Subsection (4) and section 12H(3) do not disqualify an eligible father from claiming payment from the Government under subsection (2) if he would have been entitled to absent himself from work under section 12H(1) and to receive payment from his employer under section 12H(2), had his employment not been terminated by reason of one of the following: (a)upon the completion of his contract of service; (b)on the ground of redundancy or by reason of any reorganisation of his employer’s profession, business, trade or work.(7) Section 9(7) and (8) applies to the meaning of the total income of an eligible father under subsection (2), with the following modifications: (a)every reference in section 9(7) and (8) to a period prescribed for the purposes of section 9(5A) is a reference to a period prescribed for the purposes of subsection (2);

every reference in section 9(7) and (8) to a woman’s employment or self‑employment, or both, is a reference to an eligible father’s employment or self‑employment, or both.(8) The amount of payment mentioned in subsection (3)(a) is inclusive of any contribution to the Central Provident Fund which a male employee or a self‑employed man is liable to make under the Central Provident Fund Act.(9) Nothing in this section affects any other benefits that a male employee is entitled to, in respect of the birth of his child or his adoption of a child (as the case may be), under the terms of his contract of service or under any written law.(10) This section applies in relation to the natural father of a stillborn child as it applies to the natural father of a child born alive.”.