Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Singapore Armed Forces (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

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

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “Part IV” in the last line of the definition of “disciplinary officer” in subsection (1), the words “and includes the Chief of Defence Force”;

(b)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “volunteer” in subsection (1) and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:“ “warrant officer” means a person appointed by the Armed Forces Council or the proper authority to hold the rank of warrant officer in the Singapore Armed Forces.”; and

(c)

by deleting paragraph (e) of subsection (2) and substituting the following paragraph:“(e)all references to “a soldier, enlisted personnel, sailor, seaman, rating or airman” shall be construed as references to a serviceman under this Act.”.

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