Singapore Armed Forces (Amendment No. 2) Bill

Bill No. 22/1994

Read the first time on 25th July 1994.

An Act to amend the Singapore Armed Forces Act (Chapter 295 of the 1985 Revised Edition).

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Singapore Armed Forces (Amendment No. 2) Act 1994 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Amendment of section 2

2. Section 2(1) of the Singapore Armed Forces Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “national serviceman”, the following definition:

“ “non-uniformed serviceman” means a regular serviceman who is not required under his terms of service to wear military uniform;”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “officer”, the following definition:

“ “operationally ready national serviceman” means a person liable to render operationally ready national service under the Enlistment Act [Cap. 93];”; and

(c)

by deleting the definition of “reservist”.

Amendment of section 3

3. Section 3 of the principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after the word “shall” in the second line, the words “, subject to such exclusions or variations in relation to non-uniformed servicemen as may be prescribed,”.

Amendment of section 19

4. Section 19 of the principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after the word “rank” wherever it appears, the words “or appointment”.

Amendment of section 81

5. Section 81 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “Every” in the first line of subsection (2) and substituting the words “Subject to subsection (2A), every”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:

“(2A) A general court martial constituted for the trial of a non-uniformed serviceman may include, in place of the corresponding number of officers, not more than two non-uniformed servicemen in officer grades.”.

Amendment of section 90

6. Section 90(7) of the principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after the word “rank”, the words “or appointment”.

Amendment of section 205

7. Section 205 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (b), the following paragraph:

“(ba)

service grades of regular servicemen in the non-uniformed service (NUSAF), including the designation of grades as officer grades;”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (ta), the following paragraphs:

“(tb)	the exclusion or variation of the operation of the provisions of the Act in relation to non-uniformed servicemen;
(tc)	in relation to any rank referred to in any provision of the Act, the designation of a corresponding service grade in the non-uniformed service for the purpose of that provision;”.

Miscellaneous amendments

8. The principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “reservists” in the first line of section 3(b) and substituting the words “operationally ready national servicemen”;

(b)

by deleting the words “a reservist” wherever they appear in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “an operationally ready national serviceman”:

Sections 5(4)(b) (4th line) and (4) (c) (3rd line), 78(1)(b) and 118(16) (1st and 2nd lines);

(c)

by deleting the word “reservist” wherever it appears in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “operationally ready national serviceman”:

Sections 5(4)(b) (2nd line), 118(16) (4th line and 11th line) and (17) (2nd line and 4th line);

(d)

by deleting the words “reserve service” wherever they appear in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “operationally ready national service”:

Sections 5(1) and (4) and 118(16) (6th line and 13th line) and (17) (3rd line and 5th line); and

(e)

by deleting the words “section 14(b)” in the sixth line of section 118(16) and substituting the words “section 14(1)(b)”.

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