Civil Defence Act 1986 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 13A · Service Outside Singapore
105A. Minister may send members of Force outside Singapore
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Subject to subsections (3) and (7), the Minister may —
on a request in that behalf being made by, or with the consent of, a government of a territory outside Singapore;
on a request in that behalf being made by a United Nations agency; or
in connection with any agreement or arrangement with a government of a territory outside Singapore,order such number of members of the Force as to the Minister seems expedient to proceed outside Singapore to carry out duties to respond to and deal with a civil defence emergency taking place in such territory.
The Minister may make an order under subsection (1) for the purpose of enabling any member of the Force to carry on incident management operations in any place in peninsular Malaysia where a cross-border incident is occurring or has occurred, despite no civil defence emergency taking place in such territory but subject to section 105E.
member
“member” means an officer or a serviceman of the Force, and includes a volunteer ex‑NSman or an auxiliary member;
In making an order under subsection (1), the Minister must specify the purposes for which the members of the Force are to carry out duties outside Singapore or in any territory outside Singapore.
Force
“Force” means the Singapore Civil Defence Force raised and maintained in accordance with the provisions of this Act;
The Minister must not make an order under subsection (1) unless the Minister is satisfied that adequate provisions have been or will immediately be made in the territory outside Singapore for the proper carrying out of duties by members of the Force in that territory, which may include provisions —
that all members of the Force serving in that territory under the provisions of this Part must remain under the orders of their own commanding officers; or
that all members of the Force serving in that territory under the provisions of this Part must be conferred with the powers, duties and privileges of members of the equivalent civil defence force in that territory.
The Commissioner may issue directions of a routine nature for the deployment, command, control and information of members of the Force ordered under subsection (1) to proceed outside Singapore to carry out duties outside Singapore.
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Civil Defence appointed under section 6;
Any direction under subsection (4) must not be inconsistent with subsection (3).
All members of the Force ordered under subsection (1) to proceed outside Singapore for service must comply with every direction issued under subsection (4).
To avoid doubt, the Minister may order such number of members of the Force as to the Minister seems expedient to carry out duties in international waters, and this Part applies, with the necessary modifications, to members of the Force serving outside Singapore pursuant to such an order as it applies to members of the Force serving outside Singapore pursuant to an order under subsection (1).
No volunteer ex‑NSman or auxiliary member shall be liable to serve or proceed on duty outside Singapore unless he or she first consents to such service.
volunteer ex‑NSman
“volunteer ex‑NSman” means an ex‑NSman enrolled as a volunteer ex‑NSman under section 9A.