Singapore Civil Defence Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Rules 2007

In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —

Any reference in these Rules to a period of reserve service rendered by a person shall include a reference to the period in which such person was liable for reserve services.

An eligible person shall qualify for the award of the 10 Years Medal if he has completed at least 10 years of continuous and unbroken qualifying service.

A Clasp may be awarded to a recipient of the 10 Years Medal on his completion of at least 15 years of continuous and unbroken qualifying service and a second Clasp on his completion of at least 20 years of continuous and unbroken qualifying service.

A period shall be treated as continuous and unbroken for the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) notwithstanding —

The 10 Years Medal shall consist of an 8-armed star shape medal in 925 sterling silver and shall measure 42 mm in width and 3 mm in thickness.

The obverse side of the Medal shall bear the Singapore Coat-of-Arms encircled by the inscription “CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE” above the Coat-of-Arms and “SINGAPORE” beneath the Coat-of-Arms.

The reverse side of the Medal shall bear the Singapore Civil Defence Force Crest within a laurel wreath with a scroll underneath the laurel wreath, and encircled with the inscription “LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT”.

The 10 Years Medal shall be worn by the recipient on the left side of the outer garment suspended by a ribbon 33 mm in width and 50 mm in length.

The ribbon shall have vertical stripes in orange, white and maroon.

The centre of the ribbon shall have a white strip of 5 mm in width, flanked on each side by a maroon stripe of 3 mm in width, followed by another white stripe of 3 mm in width and an orange stripe of 8 mm in width.

An eligible person shall qualify for the award of the 30 Years Medal if he has completed at least 30 years of continuous and unbroken qualifying service.

A period shall be treated as continuous and unbroken for the purposes of paragraph (1) notwithstanding —

The 30 Years Medal shall consist of a 6-pointed star medal in 925 sterling silver and shall measure 38 mm in width and 3 mm in thickness.

The obverse side of the Medal shall bear the Singapore Coat-of-Arms encircled by the inscription “CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE” above the Coat-of-Arms and “SINGAPORE” beneath the Coat-of-Arms.

The reverse side of the Medal shall bear the Singapore Civil Defence Force Crest within a laurel wreath with a scroll beneath the laurel wreath, and encircled with the inscription “LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT (30 YEARS)”.

The 30 Years Medal shall be worn by the recipient on the left side of the outer garment suspended by a ribbon 33 mm in width and 50 mm in length.

The ribbon shall have vertical stripes in red and blue.

The centre of the ribbon shall have a blue strip of 7 mm in width, flanked on each side by a red stripe of 4 mm in width, followed by another blue stripe of 2 mm in width and another red stripe of 7 mm in width.

An eligible person shall qualify for the award of the 35 Years Medal if he has completed at least 35 years of continuous and unbroken qualifying service.

A Clasp may be awarded to a recipient of the 35 Years Medal on his completion of at least 40 years of continuous and unbroken qualifying service.

A period shall be treated as continuous and unbroken for the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) notwithstanding —

The 35 Years Medal shall consist of an 8-pointed star overlaying on an 8-petals-shaped medal plated in 23K gold and shall measure 36 mm in width and 3 mm in thickness.

The obverse side of the Medal shall bear the Singapore Coat-of-Arms encircled with the inscription “CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE” above the Coat-of-Arms and “SINGAPORE” beneath the Coat-of-Arms.

The reverse side of the Medal shall bear the Singapore Civil Defence Force Crest within a laurel wreath with a scroll underneath the laurel wreath, and encircled with the inscription “LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT (35 YEARS)”.

The 35 Years Medal shall be worn by the recipient on the left side of the outer garment suspended by a ribbon 35 mm in width and 50 mm in length.

The ribbon shall have vertical stripes in maroon, orange and blue.

The centre of the ribbon shall have a maroon stripe of 5 mm in width with 2 orange stripes, flanked on each side by a blue stripe of 4 mm in width with an orange stripe of 1 mm in width, followed by a maroon stripe of 1 mm in width.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs may forfeit any Medal or Clasp awarded to any person under these Rules if the person —

Any Medal or Clasp forfeited may be restored by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs at his discretion.

A notice of the forfeiture or restoration of any Medal or Clasp shall be published in the Gazette.

The loss or destruction of the Medal or Clasp shall, if the replacement is desired, be reported by the recipient to the Commissioner of Civil Defence who may, if the Commissioner of Civil Defence is satisfied that the circumstances in which the loss or destruction occurred are such as to justify replacement, approve the replacement subject to payment made by the recipient to cover the cost of replacement thereof.

No such report shall be made until 6 months after the recipient first becomes aware of the alleged loss or destruction.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Rules 1994 (G.N. No. S 125/94) are revoked.

Any person who has been awarded a Singapore Civil Defence Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal and any Clasp under the revoked Rules and a medal under the provisions of —