Singapore legislation

Section 8

of Enlistment Act 1970

Section 8

Medical examination

(1)

The proper authority shall appoint medical boards for the purpose of determining the medical fitness of persons required to report for a fitness examination.

(2)

Every medical board shall consist of one or more members who shall be registered medical practitioners.

(3)

In the case of a medical board consisting of more than one member, the proper authority shall nominate one of the members to be chairman.

(4)

Where a medical board consists of more than one member, it shall determine whether a person is medically fit or not by a majority vote.

(5)

In the case of an equality of votes, the chairman of the medical board shall have a second or casting vote.

(6)

Every medical board shall act for and on behalf of the proper authority and may subject a person required to report for a fitness examination to a medical examination.

(7)

For the purpose of conducting a medical examination, a medical board may require a person subject to this Act who is liable to report for a fitness examination to be examined by a person who is not a member of the medical board.

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