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Singapore Armed Forces Good Service Medal Rules 1975
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Singapore Armed Forces Good Service Medal Rules 1975

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1These Rules may be cited as the Singapore Armed Forces Good Service Medal Rules,1975, and shall come into operation on the 1st day of Janu...
2In these Rules, the expression “qualifying service” means all the time an officer or soldier has served —(a)in full-time service in the Sin...
3(1) A medal to be known as the Singapore Armed Forces Good Service Medal (hereinafter in these Rules referred to as “the Medal”) may be aw...
4The following provisions shall apply in computing the period qualifying for the award of the Medal:—(a)that there has been no break in serv...
5When initiating a recommendation, the originator shall be responsible for recommending those personnel whose service and performance have b...
6The Medal shall be awarded by the Director of Manpower.
7A register of the names of the persons to whom the Medal is awarded shall be kept in the Ministry of Defence.
8(1) The Armed Forces Council may forfeit any Medal awarded to any person under these Rules if he —(a)is convicted of any criminal offence...
9Where a Medal is lost or destroyed it may be replaced on payment made by the recipient of a sum sufficient to cover its costs provided that...
10The Medal shall be of cupronickel 33 millimetres in diameter and 3 millimetres in thickness and having on the obverse side thereof the Sing...
11(1) The Medal shall be worn on the left side of the outer garment suspended by a ribbon 33 millimetres in width and 50 millimetres in leng...
12The Medal and the ribbon shall be of the design set out in the Schedule to these Rules.

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When initiating a recommendation, the originator shall be responsible for recommending those personnel whose service and performance have been satisfactory.

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