Singapore legislation

Regulation 30

of Singapore Armed Forces (Pensions) Regulations

Regulation 30

Circumstances where no gratuity payable

Subregulation 1

The gratuity referred to in regulation 27 shall not be granted to a member if —

(a)

on his own request, he is released from service before completing the whole period that he has undertaken to serve;

(b)

he is discharged on any of the grounds referred to in regulations 17 and 18 of the Enlistment Regulations (Cap. 93, Rg 1);

(c)

he is discharged with ignominy; or

(d)

he is dismissed as a result of the sentence of a subordinate military court or Military Court of Appeal or a sentence substituted by the Armed Forces Council.

Subregulation 2

If a member serving on contract continues on full pay beyond the period of his service which he has undertaken, the payment of any gratuity may be deferred until the end of such further service and such further service shall count towards the ultimate gratuity payable to him.