Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Enlistment (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

Section 2 of the Enlistment Act is hereby amended —

(a)

by deleting the definition of “armed forces” appearing therein and substituting therefor the following: —“ “armed forces” means any force constituted under the Singapore Armed Forces Act, 1972 (Act 7 of 1972), the Police Force Act (Cap. 78) or the Vigilante Corps Act (Cap. 80), and such other force as may be constituted under any written law;”;

(b)

by deleting the figures “16” appearing in the definition of “mobilized service” therein and substituting therefor the figures “18”;

(c)

by deleting the full-stop appearing at the end of the definition of “service” therein and substituting therefor a semi-colon; and

(d)

by inserting immediately after the definition of “service” appearing therein the following new definitions: —“ “Singapore Armed Forces” means the Singapore Armed Forces constituted under the Singapore Armed Forces Act, 1972 (Act 7 of 1972);“Special Constabulary” means the Special Constabulary constituted under Part VIII of the Police Force Act (Cap. 78);”.