Singapore legislation

Regulation 12

of Singapore Armed Forces (SAVER Plan) Regulations

Regulation 12

Grounds for retirement

Amended byS 239/2012 wef 01/06/2012S 438/2025 wef 01/07/2025S 168/2007 wef 01/01/2007S 168/2007 wef 01/01/2007

It shall be lawful for the Armed Forces Council to require or permit, as the case may be, a member to retire —

(a)

if he has attained the stipulated retirement age of 50 years;

(b)

at any time on or after the member’s SAVER end date;

(c)

if he is considered to be unsuitable, such unsuitability being due to causes not within his control or due to causes within his control that do not amount to misconduct;

(d)

on a certificate from his commanding officer and on medical evidence to the satisfaction of the Armed Forces Council that the member is incapable, by reason of infirmity of mind or body, of discharging his duties and that such infirmity is likely to be permanent;

(e)

if his retirement is considered by the Armed Forces Council to be desirable in the public interest, having regard to the conditions and needs of the armed forces and the usefulness of the member thereto;

(f)

where the Armed Forces Council considers that he has made outstanding contributions to the Singapore Armed Forces and that he should retire as part of the process of leadership renewal in the Singapore Armed Forces;

(g)

where such member has been superseded for further promotion;

(h)

if he requests the permission of the Armed Forces Council to retire on completing 11 years of reckonable service and there will be on his retirement —

(i)

in the case of a Category A member — a vested sum in the Category A member’s Retirement Account; or

(ii)

in the case of a Category B member — a vested sum in the Category B member’s SAVER Account;

(i)

if he requests the permission of the Armed Forces Council to retire in circumstances not covered in this regulation; or

(j)

if his retirement is considered by the Armed Forces Council to be necessary ––

(i)

due to the abolition of his office; or

(ii)

for the purpose of facilitating improvement in the organisation of the department to which the member belongs by which greater efficiency or economy may be effected.