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PART V
AWARDS IN RESPECT OF DEATH
23.
—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where a member enlisted for regular service before 1st April 2010 dies while he is in the regular service of the Singapore Armed Forces, there shall be paid to such of his dependants as the Armed Forces Council may think fit or, if there are no dependants, to his personal representatives —
(a)
where the member has completed 10 years of reckonable service —
(i)
all moneys standing to the credit of the member in his CARE Account and CPF Top-Up Account; or
(ii)
a sum equal to the annual compensation salary,
whichever is the greater; or
(b)
where the member has not completed 10 years of reckonable service —
(i)
a sum equal to such proportion of the Premium salary for each complete month of service as the Armed Forces Council may determine and all moneys standing to the credit of the member in his CPF Top-Up Account; or
(ii)
a sum equal to the annual compensation salary,
whichever is the greater.
(1A) Where a member enlisted for regular service on or after 1st April 2010 dies while he is in the regular service of the Singapore Armed Forces, there shall be paid to such of his dependants as the Armed Forces Council may think fit or, if there are no dependants, to his personal representatives —
(a)
a sum equal to such proportion of the Premium salary as the Armed Forces Council may determine and all moneys standing to the credit of the member in his CARE Account and CPF Top-Up Account; or
(b)
a sum equal to the annual compensation salary,
whichever is the greater.
(2) Where a member dies while he is in the regular service of the Singapore Armed Forces, and he was in the pensionable service in the Government immediately prior to his conversion to the Premium Plan on 31st March 2000, there shall be paid to such of his dependants as the Armed Forces Council may think fit or, if there are no dependants, to his personal representatives —
(a)
all moneys standing to the credit of the member in his CARE Account and CPF Top-Up Account;
(b)
a sum equal to the member’s accrued pension payable to the member under the Singapore Armed Forces (Pensions) Regulations (Rg 9) had he remained on the pensionable service; or
(c)
a sum equal to the annual compensation salary,
whichever is the greatest.
(3) Where the member dies in disgrace, or where the death is attributable to his misconduct or negligence or due to reasons within his own control or resulted from deliberate self-injury or the deliberate aggravation of an accidental injury, the Armed Forces Council may either refuse payment of the amounts specified in paragraph (1) or (2), or authorise payment at such a reduced rate as it may think fit after having regard to all the circumstances of the case, and forfeit the balance.
24.
—(1) Where a member dies as a result of any injury received in and which is attributable to service, the Armed Forces Council may pay to his dependants or personal representatives —
(a)
[Deleted by S 163/2008 wef 01/04/2008]
(b)
a sum equivalent to the lump sum calculated for the death of an employee under the Third Schedule to the Work Injury Compensation Act (Cap. 354), as if the member had been an employee under that Act; and
(c)
one of the following, whichever is the greatest:
(i)
where the member, being enlisted for regular service before 1st April 2010, has completed 10 years of reckonable service as at the date of his death, all moneys standing to the credit of the member in his CARE Account and CPF Top-Up Account;
(ii)
where the member, being enlisted for regular service before 1st April 2010, has not completed 10 years of reckonable service as at the date of his death, a sum equal to such proportion of the Premium salary for each complete month of service as the Armed Forces Council may determine and all moneys standing to the credit of the member in his CPF Top-Up Account;
(iii)
where the member is enlisted for regular service on or after 1st April 2010, a sum equal to such proportion of the Premium salary as the Armed Forces Council may determine and all moneys standing to the credit of the member in his CARE Account and CPF Top-Up Account;
(iv)
where the member was in the pensionable service in the Government immediately prior to his conversion to the Premium Plan on 31st March 2000 —
(A)
all moneys standing to the credit of the member in his CARE Account and CPF Top-Up Account; or
(B)
a sum equal to the member’s accrued pension payable to the member under the Singapore Armed Forces (Pensions) Regulations (Rg 9) had he remained on the pensionable service; or
(v)
12 months of the compensation salary of the member at the date of his death.
(2) There may be paid, in addition to the total sum under paragraph (1), a special award of a sum to be determined by the Armed Forces Council if, in the opinion of the Armed Forces Council, the injury was received by the member in the course of military operations or training.
(3) There may be paid, in addition to the total sum under paragraph (1) and, where applicable, paragraph (2), an additional award to be determined by the Armed Forces Council having regard to the principles on which a claim for damages would be determined in the civil courts if, in the opinion of the Armed Forces Council, the injury was received under exceptional circumstances or while the member was rendering service beyond the call of duty.
(4) Where a member’s death is caused as a result of the aggravation by service of an adverse medical condition that ––
(a)
existed in him before service; or
(b)
had arisen during but which was not attributable to service,
and the death occurred within 7 years of the aggravation of such medical condition, the amount of compensation payable to his dependants or personal representatives, as the case may be, may be equal to 50% of the compensation payable under paragraph (1)(b), and 50% of any award payable under paragraph (2) or (3), had his death occurred as a result of injuries received in and which were attributable to service.
25. [Deleted by S 163/2008 wef 01/04/2008]