Singapore legislation
Clause 2
Clause 2
Repeal and re-enactment of section 12
Section 12 of the Enlistment Act (hereinafter in this Act referred to as “the principal Act”) is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: —“Liability to render full-time service12.—
Every person subject to this Act who is fit for national service and enlisted on or after the 1st day of January 1971, shall be liable to render full-time service for a period not exceeding two years except that where a person —
is during the period of service promoted to a rank above the rank of Lance-Corporal in the Singapore Armed Forces or, where such service is in any of the other armed forces or in a force, body or organisation, which is designated by the Minister for the purposes of national service, to such rank as may be regarded by the proper authority as equal to a rank above the rank of Lance-Corporal in the Singapore Armed Forces; or
holds, during the period of service in a force, body or organisation which is designated by the Minister for the purposes of national service and in which there is no classification of the members of the force, body or organisation into ranks similar to those in any of the armed forces, such position or has, during the period of service in such force, body or organisation, such status as may be regarded by the proper authority as equal to the position or status, as the case may be, of a national serviceman in the Singapore Armed Forces who holds a rank above the rank of Lance-Corporal in the Singapore Armed Forces; or
is, during the period of service selected by the proper authority for officer training in the Singapore Armed Forces or, where such service is in any of the other armed forces or in a force, body or organisation which is designated by the Minister for the purposes of national service, is selected for training or a course intended to qualify him for such rank, position or status as may be regarded by the proper authority as equal to the rank, position or status, as the case may be, of an officer in the Singapore Armed Forces; or
having been so selected, is currently undergoing such officer training or other training or attending the course, such person shall be liable to serve for a period not exceeding two years and six months.(2) A reduction or reversion in rank, or the loss of a position or status, referred to in subsection (1) of this section, shall not affect the liability of a person incurred under that subsection.(3) Nothing in this section shall affect the liability to render full-time service of a person enlisted prior to the 1st day of January 1971.”.