Singapore legislation
Regulation 54
Regulation 54
Award or gratuity not of right and powers to cancel, withhold or reduce award or gratuity
Subregulation 1
No special police officer or other person has an absolute right to an award or a gratuity under this Part.
Subregulation 2
The Approving Authority may cancel, withhold or reduce an award or a gratuity in respect of a special police officer in the following circumstances:
the special police officer has been guilty of negligence, irregularity or misconduct;
the award or gratuity was obtained by the wilful suppression of material facts;
the award or gratuity was granted in ignorance of facts which, had they been known before the special police officer is released from the Special Constabulary, would have justified a reduction in his or her emoluments or resulted in his or her dismissal or discharge;
the special police officer dies in disgrace;
for an award or a gratuity in respect of the special police officer’s death, where the death is attributable to a deliberate self-injury, a deliberate aggravation of an accidental injury or a reason within his or her control;
for an award or a gratuity in respect of the special police officer’s disablement —
where he or she voluntarily ends his or her service; or
his or her disablement is attributable to a deliberate self-injury, a deliberate aggravation of an accidental injury or a reason within his or her control.
Subregulation 3
Where an award or a gratuity has been cancelled, withheld or reduced under paragraph (2), the Approving Authority may, if it is equitable to do so, grant or restore the award or gratuity or a portion of the award or gratuity.