Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Work Passes
14. Loss, etc., of work pass
Feedback & supportWhen a work pass has been lost, destroyed or defaced, the foreign employee or the employer or the self‑employed foreigner (as the case may be) must report to the Controller within 7 days of such loss, destruction or defacement, and the Controller may issue a duplicate work pass on payment of the prescribed fee.
work pass
“work pass” means a work pass belonging to any prescribed category of work passes which is issued by the Controller under section 7.
Where the foreign employee or the employer or the self‑employed foreigner recovers possession of the work pass after reporting the loss of the work pass, the foreign employee or the employer or the self‑employed foreigner, as the case may be —
foreign employee
“foreign employee” means —(a)any foreigner, other than a self-employed foreigner, who seeks or is offered employment in Singapore; or(b)any other person or class of persons as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify;
may retain the work pass if no duplicate work pass has been issued by the Controller under subsection (1); or
must immediately return the work pass so recovered to the Controller for revocation if a duplicate work pass has been issued by the Controller under subsection (1).
A person who finds or comes into possession of a work pass other than his or her own must immediately deliver it to the Controller.
Controller
“Controller” means the Controller of Work Passes appointed under section 3;