Singapore legislation

Clause 8

of Child Development Co-Savings (Amendment) Bill

Clause 8

Amendment of section 12F

In the principal Act, in section 12F —

(a)

in subsection (1), replace paragraph (a) with —“(a)the following requirements in relation to the mother’s confinement and estimated delivery date in respect of the child are satisfied:

(i)

in the case of a child born alive —

(A)

the confinement occurs before 1 July 2017 but the estimated delivery date is on or after that date; or

(B)

the confinement occurs on a date between 1 July 2017 and 31 March 2025 (both dates inclusive) and the estimated delivery date is before 1 April 2025;

(ii)

in the case of a stillborn child —

(A)

the confinement occurs before 1 November 2021 but the estimated delivery date is on or after that date; or

(B)

the confinement occurs on a date between 1 November 2021 and 31 March 2025 (both dates inclusive);”;

(b)

in subsection (1A)(b), replace “on or after 1 July 2017” with “on a date between 1 July 2017 and 31 March 2025 (both dates inclusive)”;

(c)

in subsection (1A)(c)(ii), delete “and” at the end;

(d)

in subsection (1A), after paragraph (c), insert —“(ca)where the child is a permanent resident of Singapore, the adoptive father or the adoptive mother is a citizen of Singapore on the date the application to adopt the child is made; and”; and

(e)

in subsection (1A)(d), after “not a citizen”, insert “or permanent resident”.

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