Enlistment Act 1970

2020 REVISED EDITION

This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021

An Act to provide for the enlistment of persons in the armed forces of Singapore.

[1 August 1970]

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Act is the Enlistment Act 1970.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“annually” and “year” mean the period from 1 April of each year to 31 March of the following year;

“armed forces” means any force constituted under the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972, the Police Force Act 2004 or the Vigilante Corps Act 1967, and such other force as may be constituted under any written law;

“duty” includes training;

“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;

“fitness examination” means any examination which is considered by the proper authority to be necessary for the purpose of determining the fitness of a person for service;

“full-time service” means service under section 12;

“medical examination” includes any dental examination, blood test, X‑ray examination and any other examination or test that a medical board may consider necessary;

“mobilised service” means service under section 18;

“national service” means service under Parts 3 and 4 in the armed forces and service in such other force, body or organisation as the Minister may designate for this purpose by notification in the Gazette;

“national serviceman” means a person in national service;

“operationally ready national service” means service under section 14;

“permanent resident” means any person who is not subject to any restriction as to his period of residence imposed under the provisions of any written law relating to immigration for the time being in force in Singapore;

“person subject to this Act” means a person who is a citizen of Singapore or a permanent resident thereof and who is not less than 16 years and 6 months of age and not more than 40 years of age or, in the case of a person who —

(a)	is an officer of the armed forces or a senior military expert; or
(b)	is skilled in an occupation which the Minister by notification in the Gazette designates as an occupation required to meet the needs of the armed forces,

not more than 50 years of age;

“proper authority” means the Armed Forces Council established under section 8 of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972 and any person or body appointed by it by name or by office for the purposes of the whole or any Part of this Act;

“registered medical practitioner” has the same meaning as in the Medical Registration Act 1997;

“regular service” means service under section 19;

“regular serviceman” means a person in regular service;

“senior military expert” has the same meaning as in the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972;

“service” means national service and regular service;

“Singapore Armed Forces” means the Singapore Armed Forces constituted under the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972;

“Special Constabulary” means the Special Constabulary constituted under Part 8 of the Police Force Act 2004;

“subordinate military court” has the same meaning as in the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972;

“voluntary service”, in relation to the Special Constabulary, includes service as a volunteer ex‑NSman within the meaning of the Police Force Act 2004.

[13/2003; 28/2009; 10/2015]

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