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Pingat Pertahanan (The Defence Medal) Rules 1970
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Pingat Pertahanan (The Defence Medal) Rules 1970

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1These Rules may be cited as the Pingat Pertahanan (the Defence Medal) Rules, 1970.
2The Medal shall be designated and styled the Pingat Pertahanan or the Defence Medal.
3The Medal shall consist of a circular cupronickel medal of one and three-eighths of an inch in diameter, having on the obverse side a medal...
4The Medal shall be worn on the left side of the outer garment suspended by a ribbon of one and three-tenths of an inch in width and two inc...
5The Medal shall be of the design set out in the Schedule to these Rules.
6(1) The Medal may be awarded to the members of the Singapore Armed Forces who had been on active service during the period between the 9th...
7Where a person is unable to complete the qualifying service on account of death, injury or other disability while in service, such person s...
8The Medal shall be awarded —(a)by the Director, Manpower Division, in respect of the members of the Singapore Armed Forces and the People's...
9The names of the persons to whom the Medal is awarded shall be published in the Orders of the respective uniformed organisations and a regi...
10(1) The awarding authority under rule 8 may forfeit any Medal awarded to any person under these Rules if he —(a)is convicted of any crimin...
11Where a Medal has been lost or destroyed and it is desired to replace it, a statutory declaration by the person to whom the Medal belonged...

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The Medal shall be of the design set out in the Schedule to these Rules.

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