Singapore legislation
Regulation 38
Regulation 38
Gratuity payable where member dies within one year of retirement
Subregulation 1
Where a member who has retired from service in the Singapore Armed Forces dies within one year of his retirement, whether as a result of any injury received in and which is attributable to service or otherwise, there shall be paid to such dependants as the Armed Forces Council may think fit or, if there are no dependants, to his personal representatives, a gratuity of an amount equal to one year’s pensionable emoluments or 12 months’ monthly gross salary, as the case may be, from which there shall be deducted —
the amount of the gratuity that has been granted to him in accordance with these Regulations; and
any payment of any award or pension other than an award granted in respect of an injury received in and which is attributable to service, which may already have been made.
Subregulation 2
For the purposes of this regulation and regulation 37, one year’s pensionable emoluments or 12 months’ monthly gross salary shall be computed using the emoluments which would be taken for the purpose of computing any pension or gratuity granted to the member if he had retired at the date of his death in the circumstances described in regulation 22(c).