Central Provident Fund Act 1953 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Offences, Penalties and Proceedings
58C. Fraudulent disability assessment
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An assessor in making a report of a disability assessment that the assessor conducted for a person for the benefit of whom an application is made under section 16B or 16C must not give any information which is false, or conceal any information, with the intent of causing an application made under section 16B or 16C (as the case may be) to be accepted and overpaid or rejected and underpaid.
assessor
“assessor” means a person having the necessary qualifications approved by the Minister charged with the responsibility for health, subject to such conditions as that Minister may impose, to conduct, and report, on disability assessments for the purposes of a certification under section 16B(2);
An assessor who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —
to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both; and
in addition, to a penalty equal to 4 times the relevant amount (if applicable).
In this section, “relevant amount” means the amount of overpayment and the amount of assessment fee charged for the assessment.