Clause 3

Warrant officers of the Singapore Armed Forces shall be appointed by the Armed Forces Council or by the proper authority which may, without assigning any reason, cancel any such appointment.(2) An appointment made under subsection (1) shall be in the prescribed form.(3) Warrant officers appointed under subsection (1) shall be deemed to be warrant officers of the Singapore Armed Forces from the date specified in their appointments.(4) Warrant officers may from time to time be promoted or advanced in rank by the proper authority.(5) Any warrant officer who has been appointed by the proper authority to hold the rank of warrant officer and who has held that rank immediately before 1st July 1992 shall for all purposes be deemed to have been appointed as a warrant officer.(6) Every warrant officer appointed before 1st July 1992 shall be deemed to be appointed under subsection (1).”.