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Regulation 3
Regulation 3
Definitions
In these Rules —“Committee” means the Committee of Management appointed under rule 12;“Council” means the former City Council of Singapore;“contribution” means the contribution made by a member as described in rule 6;“donation” means the donation payable by the Council as described in rule 8 or 9;“Fund of 1923” means the Singapore Municipal Provident Fund 1923, the Rules of which were approved by the Colonial Secretary’s letter No. 8219/20 dated 24th March 1923, as amended from time to time;“member” means a member of the Fund;“Minister” means the Minister for Finance;“salary” means the substantive salary actually drawn from time to time including contributable expatriation allowance but not including any other allowance unless specifically resolved to the contrary by the Council and approved by the Minister: Provided that if a member of the Fund is released from duty for a period in order to undertake a course of study or training under conditions which provide for his maintenance in lieu of the payment of the whole or part of his salary, he shall be deemed for the purposes of these Rules to be in receipt of the salary (including any normal annual increments) he would have drawn had he not been so released;“service” means whole time employment with the Council whether before or after 1st January 1955, and more particularly —
for the purposes of rule 8(1) includes such employment of any description either before or after attaining the age of 20 years whether continuous or not;
for the purposes of rule 8(2)(b) and rule 9(3)(iv) and (4) includes such employment of any description either before or after attaining the age of 20 years, and continuity of service shall not be deemed to be broken or diminished by approved leave of absence either with or without pay;
for the purposes of rule 9(3) means such employment during which a person has been a contributor to the Fund of 1923 and this Fund and includes any period during which a person would have been a contributor had he not been granted leave of absence in order to undertake a course of study or training under conditions which provide for his maintenance in lieu of the payment of the whole or part of his salary; and
in all cases includes —
as regards persons who were members of the Fund of 1923 on 15th February 1942, such period from that date until such persons again entered the employment of the Municipal Commissioners of Singapore as the Commissioners may have thought fit to reckon as not breaking or diminishing continuous service in accordance with the final paragraph of rule 12 of the Provident Fund Rules (1923)1 ;
as regards persons who were not members of the Fund of 1923 on 15th February 1942, the period from the date prior to the 1st April 1946 on which such person may have been deemed to have become a member of the Fund of 1923 in accordance with rule 2 of the Municipal (Provident Fund) Rules 19482 , whether or not such a person made any contribution to the Fund of 1923 in respect of such period; 1 Revoked by the Municipal (Provident Fund) Rules 1956 (G.N. No. S 179/56) w.e.f 1.1.1955.2 Revoked by the Municipal (Provident Fund) Rules 1956 (G.N. No. S 179/56) w.e.f 1.1.1955.“temporary staff” means any employee of the Council who has not been appointed to an office included in the list of offices approved under section 16 of the repealed Municipal Ordinance or who is employed on a work or works of an extraordinary nature and whose employment will or is likely to cease on the conclusion or completion of such work or works. [1936 Ed.]
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“Committee” means the Committee of Management appointed under rule 12;
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“Council” means the former City Council of Singapore;
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“contribution” means the contribution made by a member as described in rule 6;
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“donation” means the donation payable by the Council as described in rule 8 or 9;
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“Fund of 1923” means the Singapore Municipal Provident Fund 1923, the Rules of which were approved by the Colonial Secretary’s letter No. 8219/20 dated 24th March 1923, as amended from time to time;
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“member” means a member of the Fund;
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“Minister” means the Minister for Finance;
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“salary” means the substantive salary actually drawn from time to time including contributable expatriation allowance but not including any other allowance unless specifically resolved to the contrary by the Council and approved by the Minister: Provided that if a member of the Fund is released from duty for a period in order to undertake a course of study or training under conditions which provide for his maintenance in lieu of the payment of the whole or part of his salary, he shall be deemed for the purposes of these Rules to be in receipt of the salary (including any normal annual increments) he would have drawn had he not been so released;
Definition
“service” means whole time employment with the Council whether before or after 1st January 1955, and more particularly —
for the purposes of rule 8(1) includes such employment of any description either before or after attaining the age of 20 years whether continuous or not;
for the purposes of rule 8(2)(b) and rule 9(3)(iv) and (4) includes such employment of any description either before or after attaining the age of 20 years, and continuity of service shall not be deemed to be broken or diminished by approved leave of absence either with or without pay;
for the purposes of rule 9(3) means such employment during which a person has been a contributor to the Fund of 1923 and this Fund and includes any period during which a person would have been a contributor had he not been granted leave of absence in order to undertake a course of study or training under conditions which provide for his maintenance in lieu of the payment of the whole or part of his salary; and
in all cases includes —
as regards persons who were members of the Fund of 1923 on 15th February 1942, such period from that date until such persons again entered the employment of the Municipal Commissioners of Singapore as the Commissioners may have thought fit to reckon as not breaking or diminishing continuous service in accordance with the final paragraph of rule 12 of the Provident Fund Rules (1923)1 ;
as regards persons who were not members of the Fund of 1923 on 15th February 1942, the period from the date prior to the 1st April 1946 on which such person may have been deemed to have become a member of the Fund of 1923 in accordance with rule 2 of the Municipal (Provident Fund) Rules 19482 , whether or not such a person made any contribution to the Fund of 1923 in respect of such period; 1 Revoked by the Municipal (Provident Fund) Rules 1956 (G.N. No. S 179/56) w.e.f 1.1.1955.2 Revoked by the Municipal (Provident Fund) Rules 1956 (G.N. No. S 179/56) w.e.f 1.1.1955.
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“temporary staff” means any employee of the Council who has not been appointed to an office included in the list of offices approved under section 16 of the repealed Municipal Ordinance or who is employed on a work or works of an extraordinary nature and whose employment will or is likely to cease on the conclusion or completion of such work or works. [1936 Ed.]