Singapore legislation
Regulation 2B
of Employment of Foreign Manpower (Work Pass Exemptions — Specified Activities) Notification
Regulation 2B
Exemption for foreign representation in Singapore International Commercial Court
Subregulation 1
This paragraph applies to any foreigner who —
is a foreign lawyer who is registered under section 36P of the Legal Profession Act (Cap. 161);
before entering Singapore —
is engaged as an employee to perform any specified activity in Singapore for an employer; or
is engaged as a self‑employed foreigner by a person 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
If the foreigner satisfies the requirements in sub‑paragraph (1)(a), (b)(i) and (c) —
the foreigner is exempted from the requirement in section 5(2) of the Act to have a valid work pass to be in the employment of the employer mentioned in sub‑paragraph (1)(b)(i); and
that employer is exempted from the requirements in section 5(1) and (3) of the Act in respect of the foreigner.
Subregulation 3
If the foreigner satisfies the requirements in sub‑paragraph (1)(a), (b)(ii) and (c), 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)(ii).
Subregulation 4
The exemption in sub‑paragraph (2)(a) or (3) 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 as an employee to perform any specified activity in Singapore; or
is engaged as a self‑employed foreigner to perform any specified activity in Singapore for the purpose of gain.
Subregulation 5
In this paragraph —
Definition
“foreign lawyer” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Legal Profession Act;
Definition
“specified activity” means —
at any time when the foreigner is granted full registration under section 36P of the Legal Profession Act, the doing of any of the things mentioned in section 36P(1)(a) to (d) of that Act; and
at any time when the foreigner is granted restricted registration under section 36P of the Legal Profession Act, the doing of any of the things mentioned in section 36P(2)(a), (b) and (c) of that Act.