On 19/05/2013,
you requested for the version in force on 19/05/2013
incorporating all amendments published on or before 19/05/2013.
The closest version currently available is that of 07/07/2008.
PART VI
OPERATIONALLY READY NATIONAL SERVICE
26.
—(1) An operationally ready national serviceman shall notify his unit in the manner set out in the orders of the Ministry of Defence of —
(a)
the following particulars when required to do so by the commander of his unit:
(i)
name;
(ii)
citizenship;
(iii)
marital status;
(iv)
religion;
(v)
place of residence (including any temporary place of residence);
(vi)
telephone number at place of residence;
(vii)
radio-communications pager number;
(viii)
name of employer, place of employment or business, telephone number at place of employment or business by which he can be contacted, facsimile number at place of employment or business by which he can be contacted;
(ix)
particulars of next-of-kin; and
(x)
educational qualification of profession; and
(b)
any change in the particulars referred to in sub-paragraph (a) within 7 days of the occurrence or event.
(2) The particulars to be notified under paragraph (1) shall be notified either in person or by registered mail.
(3) An operationally ready national serviceman who makes a report of a change in his place of residence under section 8 of the National Registration Act (Cap. 201) within 7 days of such change shall be deemed to have notified his unit of the change in his place of residence in compliance with this regulation.
27.
—(1) A person liable for operationally ready national service who desires to leave Singapore shall, before he leaves Singapore, notify the proper authority or such other person as the authority may designate, of the following particulars:
(a)
his destination outside Singapore;
(b)
the overseas addresses at which he intends to stay where such addresses are known to him;
(c)
the intended duration of his stay outside Singapore; and
(d)
such other particulars relating to his operationally ready national service or his whereabouts overseas as may be considered necessary by the proper authority or the person designated by the authority.
(2) A person liable for operationally ready national service who leaves Singapore shall, if required by the proper authority, or such other person as the authority may designate, from time to time inform the proper authority or the person designated by the authority of any change of the particulars notified under paragraph (1).
(3) The particulars to be notified under paragraph (1) shall be notified by telephone or by such other means and in such manner as the proper authority may determine.
(4) A person liable for operationally ready national service shall ensure that the particulars to be notified under paragraph (1) are received and acknowledged by the proper authority or the person designated by the authority.
(5) Such acknowledgment shall take the form of a code or such other means as the proper authority may determine.
(6) In any prosecution against a person for an offence for failure to comply with this regulation, it shall be a defence to prove that he had taken all reasonable steps to comply with the provision or that his failure was due to circumstances beyond his reasonable control.
(7) Paragraphs (1) to (4) shall not apply to any operationally ready national serviceman who has been certified by the proper authority to have completed his liability to report for training for the purposes of operationally ready national service.
28. An operationally ready national serviceman outside Singapore shall report to an official representative of Singapore whenever required by him or by the proper authority to do so.
29.
—(1) An operationally ready national serviceman who is unable to report for service shall immediately notify his unit in the manner set out in the orders of the Ministry of Defence stating the reasons therefor.
(2) If an operationally ready national serviceman is unable to report for service because of illness, he shall report to his unit for medical examinations or subject himself to medical examinations at his residence.
30. An operationally ready national serviceman who does not know the location of his units or has not received any order or notice from his unit for a period of 6 consecutive months, shall notify the Commander.
31. An operationally ready national serviceman shall, if required to do so by the commander of his unit —
(a)
give full and correct information on any matter relating to his service; and
(b)
deliver to another operationally ready national serviceman an order to report for service.
32. An operationally ready national serviceman shall not communicate with any person on any matter relating to the armed forces except through his commander.
33. An operationally ready national serviceman shall comply with the orders of the Ministry of Defence relating to —
(a)
the disclosure of particulars of service in the armed forces;
(b)
the wearing of uniforms, decorations, insignias, badges or ornaments; and
(c)
the keeping and transfer of armed forces documents.
34.
—(1) An operationally ready national serviceman shall not —
(a)
use threatening or insubordinate language or behave with contempt to his commanders;
(b)
use violence or offer violence to his commanders;
(c)
obstruct or, when called upon, refuse to assist any person known to him to be a military policeman;
(d)
simulate sickness or disability with intent to avoid service;
(e)
injure himself with intent thereby to render himself unfit for service or cause himself to be injured by any person with that intent;
(f)
with intent to render or to keep himself unfit for service, do or fail to do anything whereby he produces or prolongs or aggravates any sickness or disability;
(g)
unlawfully take any armed forces property;
(h)
use armed forces property otherwise than for authorised purposes;
(i)
negligently or wilfully destroy or cause damage to or loss or deterioration of armed forces property;
(j)
misapply or wastefully expend any armed forces property; or
(k)
unlawfully take any armed forces property for purposes for which that property is not intended or unlawfully detain that property.
(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1)(i), where such property is destroyed, damaged, lost or deteriorated, the person in charge of the property shall be deemed to be negligent unless the contrary is proved.