Singapore legislation
Regulation 4
Regulation 4
Qualifying service for NPCC Service Medal
Subregulation 1
An NPCC officer is eligible for the award of the NPCC Service Medal if the NPCC officer has, on or after 1 January 1978, completed at least 5 years of continuous and unbroken qualifying service, and has regular attendance.
Subregulation 2
The following periods of service are not counted as qualifying service for the purposes of paragraph (1): (a)the whole period of disruption from service;
the whole period of service with the Singapore Armed Forces, the Singapore Civil Defence Force, the Singapore Police Force or any other service.
Subregulation 3
Qualifying service for the purposes of paragraph (1) must be continuous and unbroken but there is no break in service if such service is interrupted for any of the periods mentioned in paragraph (2).
Subregulation 4
Despite paragraphs (2) and (3), in the case of an NPCC officer —
who was previously discharged; and
who, subsequent to his or her discharge, was re‑appointed as an NPCC officer, whether that NPCC officer’s period of service before his or her discharge is treated as qualifying service for the purposes of paragraph (1) is subject to the approval of the Commandant of the National Police Cadet Corps.