Regulation 12

in the case of the CPF Top-Up Account, a monthly sum equal to the difference between —

the amount of contributions paid by the Government under the Central Provident Fund Act 1953 in respect of the member on his gross salary; and

the amount of contributions payable by an employer other than the Government under the Central Provident Fund Act 1953 on ordinary wages equal to that gross salary,subject to the maximum amount of contributions permissible under that Act;

in the case of the CARE Account of a member enlisted for regular service before 1st April 2010 who completed not less than 10 years of reckonable service as at that date, upon that member having completed not less than 10 years of reckonable service —

a CARE Initial Quantum at such rate as the Armed Forces Council may, by General Order, determine; (ii)a monthly contribution at the prescribed rate of the member’s Premium salary; and

if the member is a naval diver who receives the first contribution to his CARE Account on or after 1 January 2007, or opts on or after 1 January 2007 to have his CARE Account vest according to the vesting scale in paragraph 3 of the First Schedule, an ND-CARE benefit up to the age of 45 years at such rate and under such conditions as the Armed Forces Council may, by General Order, determine;

a CARE Initial Quantum at such rate and under such conditions as the Armed Forces Council may, by General Order, determine;

a monthly contribution at the prescribed rate of the member’s Premium salary;

if the member is a naval diver who receives the first contribution to his CARE Account on or after 1 January 2007, or opts on or after 1 January 2007 to have his CARE Account vest according to the vesting scale in paragraph 3 of the First Schedule, an ND-CARE benefit up to the age of 45 years at such rate and under such conditions as the Armed Forces Council may, by General Order, determine; and

if the member is a soldier in a combat vocation, a sum equivalent to 2 months of his gross salary upon that member having completed not less than 12 years of reckonable service;

in the case of the CARE Account of a member enlisted for regular service between 1 April 2010 and 31 December 2025 (both dates inclusive), upon that member attaining the rank of Warrant Officer —

a monthly contribution at the prescribed rate of the member’s Premium salary; (ii)if the member is a naval diver, an ND-CARE benefit up to the age of 45 years at such rate and under such conditions as the Armed Forces Council may, by General Order, determine; and

if the member attains the rank of Warrant Officer before the completion of 12 years of reckonable service, a contribution of a retention bonus at such rate and under such conditions as the Armed Forces Council may, by General Order, determine;

any period of service forfeited by sentence of a subordinate military court or Superior Commander or as a result of a decision of the Military Court of Appeal or a review of the Armed Forces Council, other than service forfeited for the purposes of promotion, in accordance with the provisions of the Act or any other written law for the time being in force;

the whole period of absence without leave;

the whole period of desertion;

the whole period of detention or special detention or imprisonment while undergoing a sentence awarded by a subordinate military court or the Military Court of Appeal or disciplinary officer;

the whole period of imprisonment or detention as a result of his conviction on a charge by a civil court;

the whole period of remand, custody, confinement, detention, open arrest or close arrest or suspension from duty while waiting for trial by the civil authority or military authority on a charge of which the member is subsequently convicted if during the period he has received no pay;

the whole period in which pay is forfeited; or

the whole period of leave of absence without any pay granted to a member, except for the following periods:

the whole period of no pay maternity leave;

the whole period of unpaid infant care leave as the Armed Forces Council may determine in a General Order;

the whole period of unpaid leave for unexpected care needs as the Armed Forces Council may determine in a General Order.