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Chapter 3
27.
—(1) Subject to this regulation, a member serving under a contract may, on satisfactory completion of the full period of the contract, be granted a gratuity at such rates as the Armed Forces Council may, from time to time by a general order, determine for each complete month that he has served under the contract less any period or periods that would have been deducted under regulation 18 if the member had been in the pensionable service.
(2) The Armed Forces Council may, by general order, prescribe the circumstances and the conditions under which a member may opt to receive the gratuity referred to in paragraph (1) or part thereof in advance.
(3) If in any case the member does not satisfactorily complete the full period of his contract or his contract service is converted to pensionable service, he may be required to refund the said gratuity, together with any interest stipulated in the option, in which case the said gratuity and interest, if any, shall be recoverable as a debt due to the Government and may be set off against any sum that may be payable by the Government to that member.
(4) The Armed Forces Council may, by general order, allow a member to retain any gratuity paid in advance pursuant to paragraph (2) where the contract service of the member is converted to pensionable service, except that such sum shall be deducted from any gratuity that may be awarded under regulation 28(1).
(5) The amount of gratuity to be granted to any member under paragraph (1) shall not be less than the amount of gratuity which would have been payable to him on the completion of his contract determined on the basis of the rate and terms of remuneration in force at the commencement of his contract.
28.
—(1) Where the member fails to complete the full period of his contract for reasons other than those specified in regulation 30(1), or on medical grounds not due to causes within his own control, a gratuity may be granted at the rate specified in regulation 27 for the period which he has actually served under his contract less any period or periods that are deducted under regulation 18 as if the member was in the pensionable service.
(2) If a member does not complete the full period of his contract by reason of the conversion of his service to the pensionable or non-pensionable service, the Armed Forces Council may, when granting a gratuity under paragraph (1), impose a condition that the member shall —
(a)
serve, after the conversion to the pensionable or non- pensionable service, a period equal to the difference between the full period of the contract and the period of the contract which the member had served before his conversion to the relevant service; and
(b)
if he fails to serve the period referred to in sub-paragraph (a), refund the gratuity, together with interest at a rate to be determined by the Armed Forces Council not later than the time the gratuity is granted.
(3) The gratuity, together with the interest, if any, that is refundable under paragraph (2)(b), shall be recoverable as a debt due to the Government and may be set off against any sum that may be payable by the Government to the member.
(4) The gratuity so granted may be in addition to any award payable in accordance with Part V.
29. The Armed Forces Council may, by general order, determine that the period during which a member of the Singapore Armed Forces has been absent from duty on study leave shall not be counted as contract service for the purposes of regulations 27 and 28.
30.
—(1) The gratuity referred to in regulation 27 shall not be granted to a member if —
(a)
on his own request, he is released from service before completing the whole period that he has undertaken to serve;
(b)
he is discharged on any of the grounds referred to in regulations 17 and 18 of the Enlistment Regulations (Cap. 93, Rg 1);
(c)
he is discharged with ignominy; or
(d)
he is dismissed as a result of the sentence of a subordinate military court or Military Court of Appeal or a sentence substituted by the Armed Forces Council.
(2) If a member serving on contract continues on full pay beyond the period of his service which he has undertaken, the payment of any gratuity may be deferred until the end of such further service and such further service shall count towards the ultimate gratuity payable to him.
31. This Chapter shall apply to all members serving in the pensionable service except those in such ranks as may, by a general order, be excluded from this Chapter by the Armed Forces Council.
32.
—(1) A member to whom this Chapter applies may be given an option to convert to the non-pensionable service.
(2) The option exercised by the member shall be irrevocable except that he may be required by the Armed Forces Council to revert to the pensionable service if he is appointed to a rank which is excluded from this Chapter.
(3) Where a member is required to revert to the pensionable service under paragraph (2), any period of non-pensionable service of the member before the reversion shall not be reckoned as pensionable service unless the member first pays to the Government the total amount paid by the Government to the Central Provident Fund during that period of non-pensionable service excluding the amount paid by the Government to that Fund in respect of the member if he had been in the pensionable service together with the interest accrued thereon.
33.
—(1) Every member exercising an option pursuant to regulation 32 who has been in the pensionable service for not less than 10 years before his conversion to the non-pensionable service may be granted on his retirement —
(a)
under regulation 22(a), (c), (e), (f), (g) or (h), a pension at the rate of 
of his annual pensionable emoluments at the date immediately before his conversion in respect of each complete month of pensionable service before his conversion subject to the limit specified in regulation 24(2) and (3); or
of his annual pensionable emoluments at the date immediately before his conversion in respect of each complete month of pensionable service before his conversion subject to the limit specified in regulation 24(2) and (3); or(b)
under regulation 22(b) or (d), a pension at the rate specified in regulation 24(1)(b) or (c), as the case may be, of his annual pensionable emoluments at the date immediately before his conversion in respect of each complete month of pensionable service before his conversion subject to the limit specified in regulation 24(2).
(2) Paragraphs (2) and (3) of regulation 23 shall apply to a member who has been granted a pension under paragraph (1) on his retirement under regulation 22(d) or (g) as they apply to a member who has been granted a pension under regulation 23(1).
34.
—(1) Subject to this regulation, every member exercising an option under regulation 32 to whom a pension is granted under these Regulations may, on his retirement, be paid a reduced pension together with a commuted pension gratuity of an amount equal to 
of his one year’s pensionable emoluments at the date immediately before his conversion in respect of each complete month of pensionable service before his conversion subject to a maximum of 3 years’ pensionable emoluments as at the date immediately before his conversion.
of his one year’s pensionable emoluments at the date immediately before his conversion in respect of each complete month of pensionable service before his conversion subject to a maximum of 3 years’ pensionable emoluments as at the date immediately before his conversion.(2) The reduced pension to be granted under this regulation shall be the amount of his annual pension less 
of the gratuity granted to him.
of the gratuity granted to him.(3) A member who is paid a reduced pension under paragraph (1) shall, after the expiration of 12 years and 6 months from the date he is granted the reduced pension, be eligible for the full pension as if there had been no reduction.
(4) A member to whom a reduced pension together with a gratuity is granted under these Regulations may, at his option exercisable in accordance with these Regulations, be paid in lieu of the reduced pension together with a gratuity, the full pension without any gratuity.
(5) The option shall be exercisable, and if it has already been exercised may be revoked, not later than the day immediately preceding the date of the member’s retirement.
(6) If the member has not exercised the option prior to the day immediately preceding the date of his retirement, the Armed Forces Council may, if it appears in the circumstances equitable to do so, allow the member to exercise the option at any time between that date and the date of award of a pension to him.
(7) If a member who has exercised the option under paragraph (4) dies after he has retired but before a pension has been awarded to him, it shall be lawful for the Armed Forces Council to grant to his dependants or his legal personal representatives a commuted pension gratuity as if the member has before his death exercised the option to accept a reduced pension and gratuity.
(8) Regulation 26 shall not apply to a member to whom this regulation applies.
35.
—(1) Every member exercising an option under regulation 32 who has been in the pensionable service for less than 10 years before his conversion to the non-pensionable service may be granted on his retirement —
(a)
(b)
under regulation 22(d), a gratuity at a rate not exceeding five six-hundredths (5/600th) of his annual pensionable emoluments at the date immediately before his conversion for each complete month of pensionable service before his conversion.
(2) Where a member retires under regulation 22(b) or (d), the rate specified in paragraph (1)(a) or (b), as the case may be, may be reduced to such extent as the Armed Forces Council may decide after having regard to the circumstances of the case.
(3) Regulation 25 shall not apply to a member to whom this regulation applies.
36. No member who has exercised the option to convert to the non-pensionable service under regulation 32 shall be granted any pension or gratuity under regulation 33, 34 or 35 if he is —
(a)
discharged on any of the grounds specified in regulations 17 and 18 of the Enlistment Regulations (Cap. 93, Rg 1);
(b)
discharged with ignominy; or
(c)
dismissed as a result of a sentence of a subordinate military court or Military Court of Appeal or a sentence substituted by the Armed Forces Council.