Singapore Armed Forces (Amendment No. 2) Bill

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “national serviceman”, the following definition:“ “non-uniformed serviceman” means a regular serviceman who is not required under his terms of service to wear military uniform;”;

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “officer”, the following definition:“ “operationally ready national serviceman” means a person liable to render operationally ready national service under the Enlistment Act [Cap. 93];”; and

by deleting the definition of “reservist”.

by deleting the word “Every” in the first line of subsection (2) and substituting the words “Subject to subsection (2A), every”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(2A) A general court martial constituted for the trial of a non-uniformed serviceman may include, in place of the corresponding number of officers, not more than two non-uniformed servicemen in officer grades.”.

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (b), the following paragraph:“(ba)service grades of regular servicemen in the non-uniformed service (NUSAF), including the designation of grades as officer grades;”; and

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (ta), the following paragraphs:“(tb)the exclusion or variation of the operation of the provisions of the Act in relation to non-uniformed servicemen;

by deleting the word “reservists” in the first line of section 3(b) and substituting the words “operationally ready national servicemen”;

by deleting the words “a reservist” wherever they appear in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “an operationally ready national serviceman”:Sections 5(4)(b) (4th line) and (4) (c) (3rd line), 78(1)(b) and 118(16) (1st and 2nd lines);

by deleting the word “reservist” wherever it appears in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “operationally ready national serviceman”:Sections 5(4)(b) (2nd line), 118(16) (4th line and 11th line) and (17) (2nd line and 4th line);

by deleting the words “reserve service” wherever they appear in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “operationally ready national service”:Sections 5(1) and (4) and 118(16) (6th line and 13th line) and (17) (3rd line and 5th line); and

by deleting the words “section 14(b)” in the sixth line of section 118(16) and substituting the words “section 14(1)(b)”.