Enlistment Act 1970 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Duty of Employer
23. Leave of absence
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The employer of a person required to report for —
employer
“employer” means any person who employs another person under a contract of service and includes the person who owns or is carrying on or is for the time being responsible for the management of a profession, business, trade or work in which other persons are employed;
national service;
mobilised service under section 73 of the Police Force Act 2004 or section 113(1)(a) of the Civil Defence Act 1986; or
voluntary service in the Singapore Armed Forces,shall grant that person leave of absence during his period of service.
Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.