Singapore legislation
Clause 6
Clause 6
Amendment of section 19
In the principal Act, in section 19 —
in subsection (1), replace paragraph (c) with —“(c)provides any information to any person which is false or misleading in a material particular, knowing that —
the information provided is false or misleading in a material particular; and
the information provided may —
be included in a health declaration, means declaration or claim application made under the Scheme;
affect the amount of any benefit or claim to be paid under the Scheme or whether any such benefit or claim is payable; or
affect the amount of any grant, subsidy or benefit to be paid or given under a relevant public scheme or whether any such grant, subsidy or benefit is payable or may be given.”;
in subsection (3), replace “or any benefit or claim to be overpaid under the Scheme,” with “, any benefit or claim to be overpaid under the Scheme or a higher amount of any grant, subsidy or benefit to be given under a relevant public scheme,”; and
replace subsection (4) with —“(4) In this section, “relevant amount” means —
the amount by which any premium has been undercharged as a result of the offence, or that would have been so undercharged if the false or misleading declaration, application or information (as the case may be) had been accepted as correct;
the amount of any benefit or claim under the Scheme that has been overpaid as a result of the offence, or that would have been so overpaid if the false or misleading declaration, application or information (as the case may be) had been accepted as correct; or
the amount of any grant, subsidy or benefit under a relevant public scheme that has been wrongly given as a result of the offence, or that would have been so wrongly given if the false or misleading information had been accepted as correct.”.