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Employment of Foreign Manpower Act
Employment of Foreign Manpower (Work Pass Exemptions) Notification
N 2
G.N. No. S 345/2007
REVISED EDITION 2009
(15th December 2009)
[1st July 2007]
1. This Notification may be cited as the Employment of Foreign Manpower (Work Pass Exemptions) Notification.
2.
—(1) The following persons shall be exempted from section 5 of the Act:
(a)
a foreign employee who is an officer or a seaman on an international voyage aboard any Singapore ship registered under the Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 179); and
(b)
any person who employs or wishes to employ a foreign employee referred to in sub-paragraph (a) in respect of that foreign employee.
(2) For the purpose of sub-paragraph (1), “officer” and “seaman” shall have the same meanings as in the Merchant Shipping Act.
3.
—(1) Any foreigner who is —
(a)
14 years of age or above; and
(b)
a full-time matriculated or registered student of a recognised university or an educational institution set out in Part I of the Schedule,
shall be exempted from the requirement in section 5 of the Act of having a work pass to be employed by any employer during his school vacation or term break, as the case may be.
(2) Any foreigner who is —
(a)
a full-time matriculated or registered student of a recognised university or an educational institution set out in Part II of the Schedule; and
(b)
required to work —
(i)
for less than 16 hours per week; or
(ii)
under an industrial attachment programme conducted by his university or educational institution, as the case may be,
shall be exempted from the requirement in section 5 of the Act of having a work pass to be or being employed by any employer.
(3) The employer of any foreigner referred to in sub-paragraph (1) or (2) shall be exempted from the requirement in section 5 of the Act in respect of that foreigner.