Singapore legislation
Regulation 22
Regulation 22
Death in service
Subregulation 1
Subject to paragraph (2), where a member dies while he is in the regular service of the Singapore Armed Forces, there shall be paid to such of his dependants as the Armed Forces Council may think fit or, if there are no dependants, to his personal representatives —
all moneys standing to the credit of the member in his Retirement Account or SAVER Account (as the case may be), Savings Account (if any) and CPF Top-Up Account (if any) at the date of his death; or
a sum equal to the deceased member’s annual compensation salary,whichever is the greater.
Subregulation 2
Where a member dies while he is in the regular service of the Singapore Armed Forces, and he was in the pensionable service immediately before his conversion to the SAVER Plan under Part VII, there shall be paid to such of his dependants as the Armed Forces Council thinks fit or, if there are no dependants, to his personal representatives, the following sums:
in the case of conversion to the SAVER Plan on 1st April 1998, the greatest of the following:
all moneys standing to the credit of the member in his Savings Account, Retirement Account and CPF Top-Up Account at the date of his death;
an amount equal to the benefits that would have been payable to the member under the Singapore Armed Forces (Pensions) Regulations (Rg 9) if he had remained in the pensionable service at the time of his death; or
a sum equal to the member’s annual compensation salary; or
in the case of conversion to the SAVER Plan at any time after 1st April 1998, the greater of the following:
all moneys standing to the credit of the member in his Savings Account, Retirement Account and CPF Top-Up Account at the date of his death; or
a sum equal to the member’s annual compensation salary.
Subregulation 3
Where the member dies in disgrace, or where the death is attributable to his misconduct or negligence or due to reasons within his own control or resulted from deliberate self-injury or the deliberate aggravation of an accidental injury, the Armed Forces Council may either refuse payment of the amounts specified in paragraph (1) or (2) or authorise payment at such a reduced rate as it may think fit after having regard to all the circumstances of the case, and forfeit of the balance.