Home Team Corps (Long Service Medal) Regulations 2018

An NPCC officer is eligible for the award of the NPCC Long Service Medal if the NPCC officer has, on or after 1 January 1978, completed at least 10 years of continuous and unbroken qualifying service, and has regular attendance.

A Clasp may be awarded to a recipient of the NPCC Long Service Medal on the completion of each further 5‑year period of continuous and unbroken qualifying service subsequent to the date of completion of qualifying service for the NPCC Long Service Medal.

The following periods of service are not counted as qualifying service for the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2):

Qualifying service for the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) must be continuous and unbroken but there is no break in service if the service is interrupted for any of the periods mentioned in paragraph (3).

Despite paragraphs (3) and (4), in the case of an NPCC officer —

The NPCC Long Service Medal consists of a circular medal in silver and measures 35 mm in diameter.

The obverse side of the NPCC Long Service Medal bears the crest of the Ministry of Education with the inscription “SINGAPORE” below it.

The centre of the reverse side of the NPCC Long Service Medal bears the inscription “FOR LONG SERVICE” encircled by a laurel wreath with a star at the top, and further encircled by the inscription “NATIONAL POLICE CADET CORPS”.

The NPCC Long Service Medal is worn by the recipient on the left side of the outer garment suspended by a ribbon 35 mm in width and 50 mm in length.

The ribbon has vertical stripes in maroon, blue and white.

The centre of the ribbon has a white stripe of 2.2 mm in width, flanked on each side by a maroon stripe of 2.4 mm in width, followed by —

For each Clasp awarded, a small silver star may be added to the ribbon when worn alone.

An NCDCC officer is eligible for the award of the NCDCC Long Service (10 Years) Medal if the NCDCC officer has, on or after 1 January 2005, completed at least 10 years of continuous and unbroken qualifying service, and has regular attendance.

A Clasp may be awarded to a recipient of the NCDCC Long Service (10 Years) Medal on the completion of at least 15 years of continuous and unbroken qualifying service and a second Clasp on the completion of at least 20 years of continuous and unbroken qualifying service.

The following periods of service are not counted as qualifying service for the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2):

Qualifying service for the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) must be continuous and unbroken but there is no break in service if the service is interrupted for any of the periods mentioned in paragraph (3).

Despite paragraphs (3) and (4), in the case of an NCDCC officer —

The NCDCC Long Service (10 Years) Medal consists of an 8‑armed star shape medal and measures 42 mm in width and 3 mm in thickness.

The obverse side of the NCDCC Long Service (10 Years) Medal bears the crest of the Ministry of Education with the inscription “SINGAPORE” below it.

The centre of the reverse side of the NCDCC Long Service (10 Years) Medal bears the inscription “FOR LONG SERVICE” encircled by a laurel wreath, and further encircled by the inscription “NATIONAL CIVIL DEFENCE CADET CORPS”.

The NCDCC Long Service (10 Years) Medal is worn by the recipient on the left side of the outer garment suspended by a ribbon measuring 33 mm in width and 50 mm in length.

The ribbon has vertical stripes in orange, white and red.

The centre of the ribbon has a white stripe of 5 mm in width, flanked on each side by a red stripe of 3 mm in width, followed by —

For each Clasp awarded, a small silver star may be added to the ribbon when worn alone.

An NCDCC officer is eligible for the award of the NCDCC Long Service (30 Years) Medal if the NCDCC officer has, on or after 1 January 2005, completed at least 30 years of continuous and unbroken qualifying service, and has regular attendance.

The following periods of service are not counted as qualifying service for the purposes of paragraph (1):

Qualifying service for the purposes of paragraph (1) must be continuous and unbroken but there is no break in service if the service is interrupted for any of the periods mentioned in paragraph (2).

Despite paragraphs (2) and (3), in the case of an NCDCC officer —

The NCDCC Long Service (30 Years) Medal consists of a 6‑pointed star medal and measures 38 mm in width and 3 mm in thickness.

The obverse side of the NCDCC Long Service (30 Years) Medal bears the crest of the Ministry of Education with the inscription “SINGAPORE” below it.

The centre of the reverse side of the NCDCC Long Service (30 Years) Medal bears the inscription “FOR LONG SERVICE” encircled by a laurel wreath, and further circled by the inscription “NATIONAL CIVIL DEFENCE CADET CORPS”.

The NCDCC Long Service (30 Years) Medal is worn by the recipient on the left side of the outer garment suspended by a ribbon measuring 33 mm in width and 50 mm in length.

The ribbon has vertical stripes in red and blue.

The centre of the ribbon has a blue stripe of 7 mm in width, flanked on each side by a red stripe of 3 mm in width, followed by —

The NPCC Long Service Medal, NCDCC Long Service (10 Years) Medal, NCDCC Long Service (30 Years) Medal, and Clasp are awarded by the Minister acting in accordance with the recommendation of the Council.

The recommendation of the Council for the purposes of paragraph (1) must be submitted to the Minister in August each year.

The names of the recipients must be published —

A register showing the names of the recipients of any of the following Medals or Clasps must be kept in the Office of the Council:

The Minister may forfeit any Medal or Clasp awarded to any person under these Regulations if the person —

Any Medal or Clasp forfeited may be restored by the Minister at the Minister’s discretion.

A notice of the forfeiture or restoration must be published —

The recipient of a Medal or Clasp must, if the replacement of the Medal or Clasp is desired, report in writing the loss or destruction of his or her Medal or Clasp to the recommending authority who may, if the recommending authority is satisfied that the circumstances in which the loss or destruction occurred are such as to justify replacement, approve the replacement subject to payment made by the recipient to cover the cost of the replacement of the Medal or Clasp.

A report for replacement of any Medal or Clasp made under paragraph (1) must be forwarded by the recommending authority to the Minister for the Minister’s notice.

No report of the loss of any Medal or Clasp may be made under paragraph (1) until 6 months after the recipient first believes the Medal or Clasp to be lost.

In this regulation, “recommending authority” means —