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—(1) This regulation applies to a serviceman who is a member of the SAVER Plan and who exercises an option to be transferred to the military domain experts service.
(2) All contributions to the serviceman’s CPF Top-Up Account, Retirement Account and Savings Account under regulation 13(1)(a), (b) and (c), respectively, of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAVER Plan) Regulations (Rg 19) shall cease with effect from the date of his transfer to the military domain experts service.
(3) The Board may, during any financial year, cause to be credited, to the serviceman’s accounts in the SAVER-Premium Fund, a dividend out of the net income (as defined in regulation 13(5) of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAVER Plan) Regulations (Rg 19)) and net unrealised profits of the SAVER-Premium Fund for that financial year.
(4) Where the serviceman retires or is required to retire from the Singapore Armed Forces on any ground specified in regulation 11(1), resigns from the Singapore Armed Forces or dies in regular service, the following sums shall vest in him and may be awarded in respect of him:
(a)
such portion of the money standing to his credit in his Savings Account as is prescribed in the Third Schedule in relation to his length of reckonable service at the date of his retirement, resignation or death, as the case may be; and
(b)
such portion of the money standing to his credit in his Retirement Account as is prescribed in the Fourth Schedule in relation to his age at the date of his retirement, resignation or death, as the case may be.
(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (4) —
(a)
where the serviceman retires from the Singapore Armed Forces on the ground specified in regulation 11(1)(b) or (d), the sum vested in the serviceman under paragraph (4) may be reduced to the extent determined by the Armed Forces Council; and
(b)
where the serviceman retires from the Singapore Armed Forces on the ground specified in regulation 11(1)(c), (e), (g) or (h), the sum vested in the serviceman under paragraph (4) may be increased to the extent and paid in such manner as determined by the Armed Forces Council.
(6) Notwithstanding paragraph (4), where the serviceman retires from the Singapore Armed Forces on any ground specified in regulation 11(1)(a) to (g), no sum in his Retirement Account shall vest in him unless he has completed not less than 11 years of reckonable service.
(7) The Board may, on the application of the serviceman or any other person eligible under regulation 38, authorise the payment to the applicant of the sums vested in the serviceman in accordance with paragraphs (4), (5) and (6).
(8) Subject to paragraph (7), the sums vested in the serviceman shall not be withdrawn unless he —
(a)
retires or is required to retire from the Singapore Armed Forces on any of the grounds specified in regulation 11(1);
(b)
resigns from the Singapore Armed Forces; or
(c)
dies in regular service.
(9) The Armed Forces Council may, on the application of the serviceman, authorise him to withdraw in advance all or any part of the vested sum in his Savings Account or Retirement Account while he is still in the regular service of the Singapore Armed Forces:
(a)
such portion of the money standing to his credit in his Savings Account as is prescribed in the Third Schedule in relation to his length of reckonable service at the date of the application; and
(b)
such portion of the money standing to his credit in his Retirement Account as is prescribed in the Fourth Schedule in relation to his age at the date of the application.
(10) The Armed Forces Council may, in authorising the serviceman to make any withdrawal in advance under paragraph (9), impose such conditions as it thinks fit, including the interest payable on recovery or refund under paragraph (11) or (12) of the sum so withdrawn.
(11) Without prejudice to paragraph (10), it shall be a condition of every authorisation under paragraph (9) for the serviceman to withdraw in advance all or any part of the vested sum in his Savings Account or Retirement Account that the Armed Forces Council can recover all or part of the vested sum so withdrawn (together with interest), if it is shown that the authorisation was obtained by wilful suppression of material facts or in ignorance of facts which, had they been known before the serviceman retired or resigned or was dismissed or before the granting of such authorisation, would have justified —
(a)
his discharge on any ground specified in regulation 17 or 18 of the Enlistment Regulations (Cap. 93, Rg 1); or
(b)
his conviction of any offence by a subordinate military court or the Military Court of Appeal on appeal or by any civil court.
(12) Where the serviceman is authorised under paragraph (9) to withdraw in advance all or any part of the vested sum in his Savings Account or Retirement Account, and he is subsequently to be —
(a)
discharged on any ground specified in regulation 17 or 18 of the Enlistment Regulations (Cap. 93, Rg 1);
(b)
discharged with ignominy; or
(c)
dismissed as a result of the sentence of a subordinate military court or the Military Court of Appeal or a sentence substituted by the Armed Forces Council,
the serviceman may be required by the Armed Forces Council to first refund all or part of the vested sum so withdrawn together with interest.
(13) Any sum that is recoverable under paragraph (11) or is to be refunded under paragraph (12), together with the interest thereon, shall be recoverable as a debt due to the Government and may be off-set against any other sum payable by the Government to the serviceman under these Regulations.
(14) Notwithstanding paragraph (4), where the serviceman is —
(a)
discharged on any ground specified in regulation 17 or 18 of the Enlistment Regulations (Cap. 93, Rg 1);
(b)
discharged with ignominy; or
(c)
dismissed as a result of the sentence of a subordinate military court or the Military Court of Appeal or a sentence substituted by the Armed Forces Council,
the Armed Forces Council may forfeit all or any of the sums vested in the serviceman under that paragraph if the serviceman had, on the date of his discharge or dismissal, retired from the Singapore Armed Forces on any ground specified in regulation 11(1).
(15) Where the serviceman —
(a)
retires or is required to retire from the Singapore Armed Forces on any ground specified in regulation 11(1);
(b)
resigns from the Singapore Armed Forces;
(c)
dies in regular service; or
(d)
is discharged or dismissed in any circumstances specified in paragraph (14),
his Savings Account and Retirement Account shall be closed with effect from the date of his retirement, resignation, death, discharge or dismissal, as the case may be.
(16) The Board shall credit to the Forfeiture Account of the SAVER-Premium Fund any balance of the moneys in the serviceman’s closed Savings Account and Retirement Account after the sums allowed to be withdrawn under this regulation have been paid.
(17) The Board shall transfer the money standing to the credit of the serviceman in his CPF Top-Up Account to the Central Provident Fund Board, to the credit of his account in the Central Provident Fund, and his CPF Top-Up Account shall be closed, when any of the following occurs:
(a)
he retires or is required to retire from the Singapore Armed Forces on any ground specified in regulation 11(1);
(b)
he resigns from the Singapore Armed Forces;
(c)
he dies in regular service;
(d)
he is discharged or dismissed in any circumstances specified in paragraph (14); or
(e)
if there is no money standing to his credit in his Retirement Account, he has completed 10 years of reckonable service.
(18) Where the total amount standing to the credit of the serviceman in his account in the Central Provident Fund after the transfer of the money under paragraph (17) is less than the minimum sum referred to in section 15(6)(a) of the Central Provident Fund Act (Cap. 36), the deficiency in his account in the Central Provident Fund shall be met out of the vested sum in his Retirement Account in the SAVER-Premium Fund.
(19) The serviceman may be granted post-retirement benefits based on the medical schemes applicable to him prior to his retirement on such terms and conditions as the Armed Forces Council may, by General Order, decide —
(a)
where the serviceman is transferred to the military domain experts service on 1st April 2010, if he —
(i)
retires on or after attaining the age of 40 years; and
(ii)
has completed not less than 10 years of reckonable service; or
(b)
where the serviceman is transferred to the military domain experts service after 1st April 2010, if, prior to the transfer, he —
(i)
has attained the age of 40 years; and
(ii)
has completed not less than 10 years of reckonable service.