17. Release and discharge of regulars

Subject to any other provision in the Act or in these Regulations, a regular serviceman must be released from regular service by an order of the proper authority at the end of his term of service.

Any period of service of a regular serviceman may be extended by the proper authority upon an application for the extension being made by the regular serviceman.

The proper authority may at the proper authority’s discretion grant an application by a regular serviceman to be released from regular service before the end of his term of service for reasons of domestic hardship or for any other sufficient reason.

The proper authority may order the discharge of a regular serviceman for any of the following reasons:

that the regular serviceman is inefficient or is unlikely to be efficient;

that the regular serviceman has undesirable influence on others;

that the regular serviceman is likely to bring discredit upon the Singapore Armed Forces;

that the regular serviceman has been convicted of an act of dishonesty or violence or of disgraceful, cruel or indecent conduct;

that the regular serviceman has been sentenced to imprisonment;

that the regular serviceman has persistently failed to match up to the Singapore Armed Forces Code of Conduct;

that the regular serviceman is a security hazard;

that there is a reduction in the establishment wherever it is impossible to find any other appropriate post for the regular serviceman.

Subject to any other provision in the Act or in these Regulations, a regular serviceman must be released from regular service by an order of the proper authority at the end of his term of service.

Any period of service of a regular serviceman may be extended by the proper authority upon an application for the extension being made by the regular serviceman.

The proper authority may at the proper authority’s discretion grant an application by a regular serviceman to be released from regular service before the end of his term of service for reasons of domestic hardship or for any other sufficient reason.

The proper authority may order the discharge of a regular serviceman for any of the following reasons:

that the regular serviceman is inefficient or is unlikely to be efficient;

that the regular serviceman has undesirable influence on others;

that the regular serviceman is likely to bring discredit upon the Singapore Armed Forces;

that the regular serviceman has been convicted of an act of dishonesty or violence or of disgraceful, cruel or indecent conduct;

that the regular serviceman has been sentenced to imprisonment;

that the regular serviceman has persistently failed to match up to the Singapore Armed Forces Code of Conduct;

that the regular serviceman is a security hazard;

that there is a reduction in the establishment wherever it is impossible to find any other appropriate post for the regular serviceman.