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Clause 30

of Singapore Armed Forces (Amendment) Bill

Clause 30

Amendment of section 118

Section 118 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (g) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(g)reduction in rank, except that —

(i)

an officer shall not be reduced below the rank of second lieutenant;

(ii)

a warrant officer shall not be reduced below —

(A)

the rank of third warrant officer, if he was appointed as a warrant officer on or after the date of commencement of section 30(a) of the Singapore Armed Forces (Amendment) Act 2009; or

(B)

the rank of second warrant officer, if he was appointed as a warrant officer before that date; and

(iii)

a senior military expert shall not be reduced below the rank of ME4;”;

(b)

by deleting the words “or a warrant officer” in subsection (4) and substituting the words “, a warrant officer or a military expert of or above the rank of ME3 who is”;

(c)

by deleting the words “other than a warrant officer” in subsection (4A) and substituting the words “(other than a warrant officer or a military expert of the rank of ME3) or a non-uniformed serviceman who is”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the word “officers” in subsection (6)(a), the words “and senior military experts”; and

(e)

by inserting, immediately after the word “soldiers” in subsection (6)(b), the words “and non-uniformed servicemen”.

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