Enlistment (Amendment) Bill

Bill No. 27/1989

Read the first time on 7th April 1989.

An Act to amend the Enlistment Act (Chapter 93 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 Enlistment (Amendment) Act 1989 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Repeal and re-enactment of section 14

2. Section 14 of the Enlistment Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:

“Reserve service liability

14.—(1) Every person who is liable for reserve service shall —

(a)

report for service, in accordance with this Act, whenever he is required to do so by the proper authority on the date and at the time appointed by the proper authority for him to report for reserve service; and

(b)

serve, while fit for national service, for one but not both, of the following sets of periods:

(i)	for a period of 14 days and 8 hours per week during the first 6 months of service, and for a period of 7 days annually and 3 hours per week or 6 hours per fortnight or 12 hours per month after the first 6 months of service; or
(ii)	for periods not exceeding in the aggregate 40 days annually.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall preclude any person who is liable for reserve service from serving for a period or periods longer than the period or periods specified in subsection (1)(b)(i) or (ii) if authorised by the proper authority.”.

Amendment of section 15

3. Section 15 of the Enlistment Act is amended by deleting the words “section 14(b)” in the second line and substituting the words “section 14(1)(b)(ii) or (2)”.

Amendment of section 24

4. Section 24(1) of the Enlistment Act is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “section 14(1)(a)” in paragraph (a) and substituting the words “section 14(1)(b)(ii)”; and
(b)	by deleting the words “section 14(1)(b)” in paragraph (b) and substituting the words “section 14(1)(b)(ii)”.

Repeal and re-enactment of section 29

5. Section 29 of the Enlistment Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:

“Orders, notices, permits and appointments

29.—(1) Orders, notices, permits and appointments issued or made under this Act may be of a general nature or may refer to a class of persons or to one person or to any number of persons.

(2) An order or notice issued under this Act may be served on any person —

Personal delivery and telephone conversation

(a)	by delivering it personally, or reading the contents of the order or notice over the telephone personally, to that person;
Publication in the newspapers and Gazette
(b)	by publishing it in the daily newspapers circulating in Singapore in all the official languages or in the Gazette;
Broadcast over radio and television
(c)	by broadcasting it over the radio and television in the prescribed manner;
Public-address system or siren
(d)	by audible signals given in the prescribed manner over a public-address system or through a siren where such signals are audible from the usual or last known place of residence, business and employment of the person to be served;
Registered post
(e)	by sending it by registered post to the person to be served at the usual or last known place of residence or business of that person;
Delivery to member of family or household at residence
(f)	by leaving it at the usual or last known place of residence of the person to be served with a member of his family or household who is apparently above the age of 16 years and apparently residing at that place;
Telephone conversation with member of family or household
(g)	by reading the contents of the order or notice over the telephone to a member of the family or household of the person to be served who is apparently above the age of 16 years and apparently residing at the usual or last known place of residence of the person to be served;
Delivery to employee or person in charge of working place
(h)	by leaving it at the usual or last known place of business or employment of the person to be served with a person apparently above the age of 16 years and apparently in charge of or employed at that place;
Telephone conversation with employee or person in charge of working place
(i)	by reading the contents of the order or notice over the telephone to a person apparently above the age of 16 years and apparently in charge of or is employed at the usual or last known place of business or employment of the person to be served;
Pager
(j)	by sending it by radio-communications pager transmission in the prescribed manner; or
Facsimile transmission, telex and other means of telecommunication
(k)	by sending it by facsimile transmission, telex or any other prescribed means of telecommunication to the person to be served at the usual or last known place of residence, business or employment of that person where there is an acknowledgment by electronic or any other means to the effect that the order or notice has been received at that place.

Knowledge of order or notice

(3) Where an order or notice is served on any person pursuant to —

(a)

subsection (2)(b), it shall be deemed to have been read by the person to whom it applies by noon on the day following the date of publication;

(b)

subsection (2)(c) or (d), it shall be deemed to have been seen or heard by the person to whom it applies on the expiry of 6 hours from the commencement of the first broadcast or audible signal, as the case may be;

(c)

subsection (2)(e), it shall be deemed to have been received and read by the person to whom it applies on the expiry of 48 hours from the time at which it was delivered to the post office for despatch;

(d)

subsection (2)(f) or (g), it shall be deemed to have been conveyed or read to the person to whom it applies at the time of delivery or telephone conversation, as the case may be;

(e)

subsection (2)(h) or (i), it shall be —

(i)	presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have been conveyed or read to the person to whom it applies at the time of delivery or telephone conversation, as the case may be; and
(ii)	deemed to have been conveyed or read to the person to whom it applies on the expiry of 6 hours from the time of delivery or telephone conversation, as the case may be;

(f)

subsection (2)(j) or (k), it shall be —

(i)	presumed until the contrary is proved, to have been received and read or heard by the person to whom it applies at the time of the first transmission; and
(ii)	deemed to have been received and read or heard by the person to whom it applies on the expiry of 6 hours from the time of the first transmission.

Order or notice to remain in force until compliance or revocation

(4) An order or notice issued under this Act shall remain in force until it is complied with or revoked and a person not complying with such an order or notice at the specified time shall be liable to comply with it as soon as possible.

Conditions and revocation

(5) An order, notice, permit or appointment, issued or made under this Act, may be subject to conditions and may be revoked at any time.

Ignorance of order or notice not an excuse

(6) Where a person has under subsection (3) been deemed to have knowledge of an order or notice issued under this Act, ignorance of the fact that the order or notice has been duly served on him in accordance with subsection (2) shall not be an excuse for failing to comply with that order or notice.”.

Amendment of section 34

6. Section 34(2) of the Enlistment Act is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “section 14(b)” in paragraph (b)(i) and substituting the words “section 14(1)(b)(ii)”; and
(b)	by deleting the words “section 14(a)” in paragraph (b)(ii) and substituting the words “section 14(1)(b)(ii)”.

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