Singapore legislation

Regulation 5C

of Central Provident Fund (Revised Retirement Sum Scheme) Regulations 1995

Regulation 5C

Transfer to retirement account of certain moneys credited or refunded to ordinary account or special account

Subregulation 1

This regulation applies where —

(a)

an amount of money is transferred from a member’s ordinary account or special account (called in this regulation Account A) to the member’s retirement account under section 15(6) or (6CA) of the Act;

(b)

the whole or part of the transferred amount in sub‑paragraph (a) is then restored from the member’s retirement account to Account A under section 13(7H) of the Act or paid from the member’s retirement account to one or more accounts under section 13(7HA) or (7HB) of the Act;

(c)

the restored amount in sub‑paragraph (b) is then transferred —

(i)

to the retirement account of a relevant individual under section 18(1)(a) or (2)(a) of the Act; or

(ii)

to the special account of a relevant individual under section 18(3)(a) of the Act; and

(d)

the transferred amount in sub-paragraph (c), or the balance of that amount, is then —

(i)

credited to Account A under section 19(2) or 19A(2) of the Act as in force immediately before 1 April 2022; (ii)refunded to Account A under section 19(1) of the Act as in force on or after 1 April 2022 or section 19D(2) or (7)(a) of the Act; or

(iii)

paid to the member’s retirement account under section 19(2A) of the Act.

Subregulation 2

The Board must transfer the lower of the following amounts under section 15(6CA) of the Act from Account A to the member’s retirement account:

(a)

the shortfall in the retirement sum applicable to the member; (b)the credited or refunded amount.