Enlistment (Amendment) Bill

where no petition of review or appeal has been lodged, the expiration of the time limited for the lodging of such petition; or

where a petition of review or appeal has been lodged, the confirmation of the sentence by the reviewing authority or the Military Court of Appeal, as the case may be.(5) The discharge of a regular serviceman under subsection (4) shall take effect from the date of the sentence by reason of which he is discharged or from such other date as may be specified by the subordinate military court.(6) In this section —“Military Court of Appeal” means the Court established under Part VII of the Singapore Armed Forces Act (Cap. 295);“reviewing authority” means the reviewing authority referred to in section 116(1) of the Singapore Armed Forces Act.”.

by deleting the word “or” at the end of subsection (2)(b);

by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (c) of subsection (2) and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(d)any period during which he was under close arrest on a charge for an offence of which he was subsequently convicted by a subordinate military court, a disciplinary officer or a Senior Disciplinary Committee.”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(3) In this section —“disciplinary officer” has the same meaning as in the Singapore Armed Forces Act (Cap. 295);“Senior Disciplinary Committee” means a Senior Disciplinary Committee appointed under section 72 of the Singapore Armed Forces Act.”.