Regulation 14A

Despite regulation 14, the Armed Forces Council may, on the application of any Category A member, authorise that member to withdraw in advance, an advance sum (or any part of that sum) from his Savings Account or Retirement Account or both while he is still in the regular service of the Singapore Armed Forces.

For the purposes of paragraph (1), the advance sum is the sum that would have vested in the member under regulation 17(1), and for this purpose the reference to the date of his retirement or resignation in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of that regulation is a reference to the date of the authorisation in paragraph (1).

The Armed Forces Council may, in authorising a member to withdraw an advance sum under paragraph (1), impose such conditions as it thinks fit, including the interest payable on recovery or refund under paragraph (3) or (4) of the sum accordingly withdrawn.

Without prejudice to paragraph (2), it shall be a condition of every authorisation under paragraph (1) for a member to withdraw an advance sum (or any part of that sum) from his Savings Account or Retirement Account that the Armed Forces Council can recover all or part of the advance sum so withdrawn (together with interest) if it is shown that the authorisation was obtained by wilful suppression of material facts or in ignorance of facts which, had they been known before the member retired or resigned or was dismissed or before the granting of such authorisation, would have justified —

Where any member is authorised under paragraph (1) to withdraw an advance sum (or any part of that sum) from his Savings Account or Retirement Account, and he is subsequently to be —

Any sum that is recoverable under paragraph (3) or is to be refunded under paragraph (4), together with such interest thereon, shall be recoverable as a debt due to the Government and may be off-set against any other sum payable by the Government to that member under these Regulations.