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Prisons Regulations · 2002 Revised Edition · Part 8 · Employment Preparation Scheme
89. Compulsory savings
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A prisoner released on an employment preparation order to be employed (in any place outside the limits of the prison in which the prisoner is detained) by any employer specified in the order —
(a)
must deposit a proportion (as specified by the Commissioner) of the wages earned by the prisoner during the prisoner’s employment as compulsory savings in an account with the Singapore Prison Service, to be opened in the name of the prisoner; and
(b)
must not withdraw any amount of those compulsory savings without the prior approval of the Superintendent of the prison.