Singapore legislation
Regulation 2A
of Employment of Foreign Manpower (Work Pass Exemptions — Specified Activities) Notification
Regulation 2A
Exemption for International Judge
Subregulation 1
This paragraph applies to any foreigner who —
is appointed under Article 95(4)(c) of the Constitution as an International Judge;
before entering Singapore, is engaged as a self‑employed foreigner by the Government to perform any specified activity in Singapore for the purpose of gain; and
after arriving in Singapore, but before starting to perform the specified activity, notifies the Controller, in such form and manner as the Controller may require, of the nature and duration of the specified activity.
Subregulation 2
The foreigner is exempted from the requirement in section 10(1) of the Act to have a valid work pass to be engaged in accordance with sub‑paragraph (1)(b).
Subregulation 3
The exemption in sub‑paragraph (2) applies to the foreigner only for the first 90 days in a year, or such longer period as the Controller may allow in a particular case, that the foreigner is engaged in accordance with sub‑paragraph (1)(b).
Subregulation 4
In this paragraph, “specified activity” means any of the following activities:
sitting in the Singapore International Commercial Court to hear and determine a specific case, or such classes of cases as the Chief Justice may specify;
sitting in the Court of Appeal in an appeal from any judgment or order of the Singapore International Commercial Court;
any other work or activity (including, but not limited to, any consultancy, advisory or promotional work or activity) arising from, relating to or connected with —
the foreigner’s appointment as an International Judge;
the foreigner’s association with the Singapore International Commercial Court; or
any activity mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) or (b).