Child Development Co-Savings Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Leave and Benefits
12AB. Adoption leave for self-employed woman
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Subject to subsection (2), section 12AC and any regulations made under section 20, a self‑employed woman who —
self-employed woman
“self-employed woman” means any woman resident in Singapore who engages in or carries on any trade, business, profession or vocation other than employment under a contract of service and derives income from that trade, business, profession or vocation or any other woman declared by the Minister to be a self‑employed woman for the purposes of this Act;
applies to adopt a child in accordance with any written law relating to the adoption of children;
satisfies the requirements of section 12AC;
within a period of 12 months commencing on the date of the child’s birth, ceases to be actively engaged in her trade, business, profession or vocation —
for a period of 12 weeks commencing on the eligibility date of the application to adopt the child;
during a period of 12 weeks commencing —
not earlier than the eligibility date of the application to adopt the child; and
not later than the date the adoption order is made; or
during —
a period of 8 weeks commencing —
not earlier than the eligibility date of the application to adopt the child; and
not later than the date the adoption order is made; and
one or more than one later period, all of which in aggregate are equal in duration to 4 times her weekly index or 24 days (whichever is the lower); and
has lost any income by reason of her ceasing to be actively engaged in that trade, business, profession or vocation,is entitled to claim from the Government her lost income for the applicable period mentioned in subsection (2).
A self-employed woman is entitled to receive from the Government under subsection (1), for ceasing to be actively engaged in her trade, business, profession or vocation, in respect of a child —
if the making of the woman’s application to adopt that child, or the issue of the dependant’s pass in respect of that child, is the woman’s first or second specified event —
not more than $10,000 for every period equal in duration to 4 times the employee’s weekly index or every 24 days, whichever is the lower, of her cessation of active engagement in her trade, business, profession or vocation after the first 4 weeks of that cessation; and
in any case, not more than a total of $20,000 for the period of cessation (if only one), or all the periods of cessation, under sub‑paragraph (i), whichever is applicable; or
if the making of the woman’s application to adopt that child, or the issue of the dependant’s pass in respect of that child, is the woman’s third or subsequent specified event —
not more than $10,000 for every period equal in duration to 4 times the employee’s weekly index or every 24 days, whichever is the lower, of her cessation of active engagement in her trade, business, profession or vocation; and
not more than a total of $30,000.
[Deleted by Act 33 of 2016]
The amount of payment referred to in subsection (2) is inclusive of any contribution to the Central Provident Fund which a platform operator or a self‑employed woman is liable to make under the Central Provident Fund Act 1953.
platform operator
“platform operator” has the meaning given by section 4 of the Platform Workers Act 2024;