Singapore legislation

Clause 13

of Singapore Armed Forces (Amendment) Bill

Clause 13

New section 197A

The principal Act is hereby amended by inserting immediately after section 197 thereof the following new section: —“Pensions197A.—

(1)

There shall be charged on and paid out of the Consolidated Fund all such sums of money as may from time to time be granted by way of pension, gratuity or other allowance in accordance with this Act or any regulations made pursuant to section 197 of this Act.(2) A pension, gratuity or other allowance granted under this Act or any regulations made pursuant to section 197 of this Act shall not be assignable or transferable or liable to be garnished, attached, sequestered or levied upon for or in respect of a debt or claim, except for the purpose of satisfying —

(a)

a debt due to the Government; or

(b)

an order of a court for the payment of periodical sums of money towards the maintenance of the wife or former wife or minor child, whether legitimate or not, of the serviceman to whom the pension, gratuity or other allowance has been granted.”.

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