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Enacting Formula

Part I PRELIMINARY

Part II CONSTITUTION, ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE FORCE

Part III ENLISTMENT AND DISCHARGE OF MEMBERS OF THE FORCE

Part IV JURISDICTION AND LIABILITY

Division 1 — Persons subject to this Act

Division 2 — Liability of persons subject to this Act to be tried and punished for service offences

Part V SERVICE OFFENCES

Part VI ARREST, CUSTODY AND SEARCH

Part VII TRIAL AND PUNISHMENT BY DISCIPLINARY OFFICERS

Part VIII POWERS OF INVESTIGATION

Part IX DEDUCTIONS FROM PAY OF A MEMBER

Part X BOARDS OF INQUIRY

Part XI CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE FUND

Part XII CIVIL DEFENCE EMERGENCY

Part XIII TRAINING OF CIVILIAN POPULATION IN CIVIL DEFENCE

Part XIV GENERAL

 
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On 20/06/2013, you requested for the version in force on 20/06/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 20/06/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 17/10/1986.
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Division 1 — Persons subject to this Act
Application
14.
—(1)  The following members shall be persons subject to this Act at all times:
(a)
national servicemen enlisted in the Force who are rendering continuous full-time service either as officers or servicemen; and
(b)
officers and servicemen who are appointed to or enlisted in the Force pursuant to section 7(1).
(2)  National servicemen enlisted in the Force as either officers or servicemen who are rendering reserve service shall be subject to this Act while on duty, in uniform or while under arrest, in custody or undergoing punishment or detention in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
(3)  Auxiliary members shall be subject to this Act while on duty, in uniform or while under arrest, in custody or undergoing punishment or detention in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
(4)  For the purposes of subsection (2), a member shall be deemed to be on duty —
(a)
from the time appointed by the Commissioner for him to report to or to attend at a place specified by the Commissioner for rendering any reserve service which he is required to render under the Enlistment Act (Cap. 229) until he is duly released or discharged from that service; or
(b)
while acting or purporting to act in or with intended reference to his capacity as a member of the Force.
(5)  For the purposes of subsection (3), an auxiliary member shall be deemed to be on duty while acting or purporting to act in or with intended reference to his capacity as a member of the Force.
Modification of this Act
15.  The regulations may make provision for —
(a)
the exemption of all or any of the classes of members from all or any of the provisions of this Act;
(b)
the modification of any provision so far as it relates to all or any of those classes; or
(c)
the addition or substitution of provisions relating to all or any of those classes.
Certain persons to remain subject to this Act
16.  Subject to section 73, a person who has ceased to be a member may, in respect of a service offence committed while he was a member, be dealt with as though he were still a member, if and only if he is charged with the offence within 6 months of his ceasing to be a member.