Singapore legislation

Clause 32

of Central Provident Fund (Amendment) Bill

Clause 32

Amendment of section 27C

In the principal Act, in section 27C —

(a)

in the section heading, replace “in relation to which charge has been created under section 15AB(1) or (2)” with “with charge mentioned in section 15AB(1) or (2) or 21C(1)”;

(b)

in subsection (1), replace paragraph (b) with —“(b)any of the following charges has been created or constituted:

(i)

a charge mentioned in section 15AB(1) or (2) on an immovable property wholly owned by the member or jointly owned by the member and one or more other persons (as the case may be) to secure the payment to the Board of the member’s retirement sum;

(ii)

a charge constituted under section 21C(1) on a replacement property to secure the payment to the Board of the member’s retirement sum, where the relevant charge referred to in section 21C(1)(a) is a charge mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i) or a charge under section 21C(1) for the payment to the Board of the member’s retirement sum;”;

(c)

in subsections (1)(c) and (2)(c), after “immovable property”, insert “or replacement property (as the case may be)”;

(d)

in subsection (1), after “then, subject to”, insert “subsection (1A) and”;

(e)

after subsection (1), insert —“(1A) In the case of a charge mentioned in subsection (1)(b)(ii) on a replacement property, subsection (1) applies with the following modifications:

(a)

any reference to immovable property in subsection (1)(g), (h), (i) (except sub‑paragraph (i)) and (l) is to be read as a reference to the replacement property;

(b)

in addition to subsection (1)(k), any reference to immovable property in section 15AB(14)(b) and (c) is to be read as a reference to the replacement property.”;

(f)

in subsection (2), replace paragraph (b) with —“(b)any of the following charges has been created or constituted:

(i)

a charge mentioned in section 15AB(1) or (2) on an immovable property wholly owned by the member or jointly owned by the member and one or more other persons (as the case may be) to secure the payment to the Board of the member’s retirement sum;

(ii)

a charge constituted under section 21C(1) on a replacement property to secure the payment to the Board of the member’s retirement sum, where the relevant charge referred to in section 21C(1)(a) is a charge mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i) or a charge under section 21C(1) for the payment to the Board of the member’s retirement sum; and”; and

(g)

in subsection (2), replace “is entitled” with “or replacement property (as the case may be) is entitled”.