(2) The Government shall, if it is satisfied that an employer referred to in subsection (1) (a) has, despite all reasonable efforts to recover a payment from the female employee, been unable to recover such payment successfully, reimburse the employer under section 10 for the payment made to the female employee by the employer.
Application of certain provisions of Employment Act
12. Sections 77 to 86 of the Employment Act (Cap. 91) shall apply to a payment under section 9 and to any female employee to which this Part applies and for the purposes of such application, any reference in those sections of the Employment Act to—
- (a) a female employee shall be read as a reference to a female employee to which this Act applies;
- (b) an employer shall be read as a reference to an employer to which this Act applies;
- (c) "this Part" shall be read as a reference to Part III of this Act;
- (d) "this Act" shall be read as a reference to this Act; and
- (e) section 76 shall be read as a reference to section 9 of this Act.
Exclusion of certain classes of persons
13. This Part or any provision of this Part shall not apply to—
- (a) such class or classes of female employees;
- (b) such class or classes of self-employed women; and
- (c) such class or classes of employers,
as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify.
PART IV
MISCELLANEOUS
Disputes
14.—(1) Any question or dispute arising from or in connection with—
- (a) the eligibility of a child for membership of the Scheme;
- (b) the payment of any moneys to an approved person;
- (c) the entitlement of a person to make a withdrawal of moneys under the Scheme;
