3. Prescribed social assistance programme or subsidy scheme

For the purpose of section 165A(1)(a) of the Act, any of the following persons on any of the following social assistance programmes or subsidy schemes, is excluded from doing all the things mentioned in section 165A(3)(a), (b) and (c) of the Act:

a recipient of ComCare Long-Term Assistance funded by the Ministry of Social and Family Development;

a recipient of ComCare Short-to-Medium-Term Assistance funded by the Ministry of Social and Family Development;

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a tenant or an authorised occupier of a flat leased under the Public Rental Scheme funded by the Housing and Development Board;

an aided person on the legal aid scheme under the Legal Aid and Advice Act 1995 funded by the Ministry of Law and administered by the Legal Aid Bureau;

an aided person on the legal aid scheme under the International Child Abduction Act 2010 funded by the Ministry of Law and administered by the Legal Aid Bureau;

an aided accused person receiving criminal defence aid under the Public Defenders Act 2022;

a person on the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme administered by Pro Bono SG who is granted aid (wholly or partially funded by the Ministry of Law) pursuant to a referral by the Chief Public Defender under section 12(5) of the Public Defenders Act 2022.