Singapore legislation

Clause 23

of Civil Defence and Other Matters Bill

Clause 23

Amendment of section 113

Section 113 of the Civil Defence Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) During a state of emergency or a state of civil defence emergency, the Minister may by declaration mobilise all or any of the following for continuous full‑time service:

(a)

volunteer ex‑NSmen; (b)auxiliary members.”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the word “Whenever” in subsection (3), the words “a volunteer ex‑NSman or”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the words “employment of” in subsection (3), the words “volunteer ex‑NSmen or”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the word “of” in the section heading, the words “ex‑NSmen or”.