Singapore legislation

Clause 6

of Medi Shield Life Scheme (Amendment) Bill

Clause 6

Amendment of section 19

In the principal Act, in section 19 —

(a)

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 —

(i)

the information provided is false or misleading in a material particular; and

(ii)

the information provided may —

(A)

be included in a health declaration, means declaration or claim application made under the Scheme;

(B)

affect the amount of any benefit or claim to be paid under the Scheme or whether any such benefit or claim is payable; or

(C)

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.”;

(b)

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

(c)

replace subsection (4) with —“(4) In this section, “relevant amount” means —

(a)

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;

(b)

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

(c)

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.”.