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Public services
102.—(1) For the purposes of this Constitution and except as hereinafter in this Part provided, the public services shall be —(a) the Singapore Armed Forces; (b) the Singapore Civil Service; (ba) the Singapore Judicial Service;[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (c) the Singapore Legal Service; and (d) the Singapore Police Force. (2) [Deleted by Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
Interpretation of this Part
103.—(1) Subject to clause (2), in this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —“appointed member” means —(a) in Chapter 3 — a member of the Judicial Service Commission appointed under Article 111B(2)(c); and (b) in Chapter 4 — a member of the Legal Service Commission appointed under Article 111J(2)(c); “award” means any pension, gratuity or other similar allowance; “Commission” means —(a) in Chapter 2 — the Public Service Commission; (b) in Chapter 3 — the Judicial Service Commission; (c) in Chapter 4 — the Legal Service Commission; and (d) in Chapter 5 — the Public Service Commission, the Judicial Service Commission or the Legal Service Commission; “public office” does not include the following offices, and “public officer” has a corresponding meaning:(a) any high judicial office; (b) the office of Attorney‑General or Deputy Attorney‑General; (c) the office of member of the Public Service Commission, the Judicial Service Commission or the Legal Service Commission; (d) the office of any police officer below the rank of Inspector; (e) any office the remuneration of the holder of which is calculated on a daily rate; “public service” does not include service otherwise than in a civil capacity. (2) The definitions of “public office”, “public officer” and “public service” in clause (1) do not apply for the purposes of Articles 112, 114 and 115.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
Provisions about public service
104.—(1) Except as expressly provided by this Constitution, every person who is a member of the public service shall hold office during the pleasure of the President.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (2) Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Constitution, the qualifications for appointments and conditions of service of persons in the public services may be regulated by law and, subject to the provisions of any such law, by the President.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (3) The promotion of public officers is to be based on official qualifications, experience and merit.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (4) A public officer must not be dismissed or reduced in rank under this Part without being given a reasonable opportunity to be heard.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (5) Subject to Article 110D, an officer in any of the services mentioned in Article 102(1)(b), (ba), (c) and (d) must not be dismissed or reduced in rank by an authority subordinate to that which, at the time of the dismissal or reduction, has power to appoint an officer of that service of equal rank.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
Public Service Commission
105.—(1) There shall be a Public Service Commission which shall consist of a Chairman and not less than 5 and not more than 14 other members, each of whom shall be appointed in writing under the hand of the President, if the President, acting in his discretion, concurs with the advice of the Prime Minister. (2) The Chairman shall be a citizen of Singapore. (3) The President may, from time to time, if he, acting in his discretion, concurs with the advice of the Prime Minister, appoint one or more Deputy Chairmen from among the members of the Commission.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (4) Before tendering his advice as to the appointment under clause (3) of a Deputy Chairman, the Prime Minister shall consult the Chairman of the Commission.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (5) Every Deputy Chairman appointed under clause (3) shall hold office for such period as may be specified in the terms of his appointment and shall cease to be Deputy Chairman if he ceases to be a member of the Commission.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (6) A person appointed to be a member of the Commission shall thereafter be ineligible for appointment to any public office.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (7) At any meeting of the Commission, 3 members who shall include either the Chairman or one of the Deputy Chairmen, and may include both of them, shall form a quorum. If the quorum is present, the Commission shall not be disqualified for the transaction of business by reason of any vacancy among its members, and any proceeding of the Commission shall be valid notwithstanding that some person not entitled to do so took part therein.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (8) Before assuming the duties of his office, the Chairman and every other member of the Commission shall take and subscribe before the Chief Justice or some other Supreme Court Judge the appropriate Oath for the due execution of his office in the form set out in the First Schedule.[38/2019] [Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
Disqualification for appointment to Commission
106.—(1) A person shall not be appointed to be a member of the Commission if he is, and shall cease to be a member if he becomes —(a) a public officer; (b) an employee of any corporation incorporated by or under the provisions of any law for the time being in force in Singapore other than the Companies Act 1967 or any corresponding previous written law; (c) a Member of Parliament or a duly nominated candidate for election as such Member; (d) a member of any trade union or of any body or association affiliated to a trade union; [Act 31 of 2024 wef 09/12/2024] (da) a member of any platform work association or of any body or association affiliated to a platform work association; or[Act 31 of 2024 wef 09/12/2024] (e) the holder of any office in any political association.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (2) Clause (1)(b) shall not apply to any person who is a member of the teaching staff of any university established by or under any written law.
Tenure of office
107.—(1) Subject to Article 106, every member of the Commission shall, unless he earlier resigns his office by writing under his hand addressed to the President or is removed therefrom under this Article, hold office for a period of 5 years from the date of his appointment, but shall be eligible for reappointment:Provided that a member, other than the Chairman, may be appointed to hold office for any shorter period of not less than 3 years. [Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (2) If the Prime Minister, or the Chairman of the Commission after consulting with the Prime Minister, represents to the President that a member of the Commission ought to be removed from office for inability to discharge the functions of his office (whether arising from infirmity of body or mind or any other cause) or for misbehaviour, the President shall, if he, acting in his discretion, concurs with that representation, refer that representation to a tribunal consisting of the Chief Justice and 2 other Supreme Court Judges nominated for that purpose by the Chief Justice and shall, if that tribunal so recommends, remove that member from office by writing under his hand.[38/2019] [Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (3) The tribunal constituted under clause (2) shall regulate its own procedure and may make rules for that purpose.
Terms of service of Chairman and members of Commission
108.—(1) The Chairman and other members of the Commission shall be paid such salary and allowances as may, from time to time, be determined, and such salary and allowances shall be charged on and paid out of the Consolidated Fund.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (2) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the terms of service of the members of the Commission may either —(a) be prescribed in regulations made by the President and published in the Gazette; or (b) (in so far as they are not prescribed by or under any such law) be determined by the President.[39/2014] [Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (2A) Regulations made under clause (2)(a) may provide that any gratuity payable in respect of service as a member of the Commission shall be charged on and paid out of the Consolidated Fund.[39/2014] [Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (3) The terms of service of any member of the Commission shall not be altered to his disadvantage during his continuance in office.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (4) For the purposes of clause (3), in so far as the terms of service of a member of the Commission depend upon his option, any terms for which he opts shall be taken to be more advantageous to him than any for which he might have opted.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
Secretary to Commission
109.—(1) There shall be a Secretary to the Commission who shall be a person who is a public officer and who shall be appointed by the President in accordance with the advice of the Commission.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (2) The Secretary to the Commission shall be responsible, in accordance with such instructions as may be given to him by the Chairman of the Commission, for arranging the business for, and keeping the minutes of, the meetings of the Commission and for conveying the decisions of the Commission to the appropriate person or authority and shall have such other functions as the Chairman may, from time to time, direct.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
Functions
110.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, it shall be the duty of the Commission to appoint, confirm, emplace on the permanent or pensionable establishment, promote, transfer, dismiss and exercise disciplinary control over public officers (but not officers in the Singapore Judicial Service or the Singapore Legal Service).[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (2) [Deleted by Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (3) [Deleted by Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (4) [Deleted by Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (5) In clause (1) —“appoint” does not include an appointment to act in an office for 2 months or less; “transfer” does not include transfer without a change of rank within a department of the Government.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
Personnel boards
110D.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Article, the President may, on the advice of the Prime Minister and by order published in the Gazette, establish one or more personnel boards to exercise all or any of the powers and functions of the Commission under Article 110.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (2) The order under clause (1) shall specify the powers and functions to be exercised by a personnel board and the class or classes of public officers in respect of which those powers and functions may be exercised except the following:(a) the power to dismiss and exercise disciplinary control over all public officers of any grade in Division I; and (b) all powers of the Commission in relation to public officers in the Administrative Service and Administrative Service (Foreign Service Branch) who hold appointments of and above the significant grade (as defined in Article 111A(1)) in those Services, including the power to nominate officers for appointment or promotion to that grade, and any power of appointment specified in the order as to be exercised by a personnel board shall not include a power to dismiss any person so appointed. [Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (3) Where the President has by order established a personnel board under clause (1) for the purpose of exercising any of the powers or functions of the Commission, such power or function —(a) may be exercised by such personnel board notwithstanding anything in Articles 104(5) and 110(1); and[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (b) shall, so long as it remains a power or function to be exercised by the board pursuant to such order, cease to be exercisable by that Commission except to the extent permitted under clause (4).[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (3A) Any personnel board may, in writing and subject to such conditions as it thinks fit, delegate all or any of the powers or functions exercisable by the board under this Article (except this power of delegation) to any member of the personnel board, and that member shall exercise those powers or functions in accordance with the terms of the delegation; but no such delegation shall prevent the exercise of any such power or function by the personnel board.[12/2004] (3B) Any act or thing done by a delegate of a personnel board while acting in the exercise of a delegation under clause (3A) shall have the same force and effect as if the act or thing had been done by the personnel board and shall be deemed to have been done by the personnel board.[12/2004] (4) Subject to regulations made under clause (7), any person aggrieved by any decision of any personnel board or its delegate may, within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed, appeal to the Commission, and the decision of the Commission shall be final.[12/2004] [Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (5) Subject to clause (6), a personnel board which is established to exercise any power over officers in Division I shall consist of such persons as the President may, on the advice of the Prime Minister, appoint except that the President may, acting in his discretion, refuse to make any such appointment if he does not concur with the advice of the Prime Minister. (6) A person shall not be appointed to be a member of a personnel board if he is, and shall cease to be a member if he becomes —(a) a Member of Parliament or a duly nominated candidate for election as such Member; (b) a member of any trade union or of any body or association affiliated to a trade union; [Act 31 of 2024 wef 09/12/2024] (ba) a member of any platform work association or of any body or association affiliated to a platform work association; or[Act 31 of 2024 wef 09/12/2024] (c) the holder of any office in any political association. (7) The President may by regulations —(a) provide for matters relating to the appointment of members of personnel boards; (b) prescribe the procedure to be followed by the personnel boards in the exercise of their powers and functions; (c) prescribe the manner of appeals under clause (4); and (d) modify the application of clause (4) by providing that appeals under that clause shall be made first to such person or persons as may be appointed by the President but without prejudice to the right to appeal thereafter to the Commission.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (8) Nothing in this Article shall affect any direction or delegation issued before 1 October 1994 by the Commission under Article 116(3), and this Article shall not apply to any power or function of the Commission so long it forms the subject of any such direction or delegation.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
Promotion to significant grade
111A.—(1) The President may, by notification in the Gazette, designate as significant a grade each in the Administrative Service Scheme of Service and the Administrative (Foreign Service) Scheme of Service (referred to in this Article as the significant grade), and such notification may be subsequently amended to designate as significant any other grade in those Schemes of Service not lower than the grade first so designated. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Constitution, any appointment or promotion of a public officer to the significant grade shall be made by the President, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, from public officers nominated by the Commission.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
Judicial Service Commission
111B.—(1) A Judicial Service Commission is established. (2) The Commission consists of —(a) the Chief Justice (as President); (b) the Chairman of the Public Service Commission (as Vice‑President); and (c) the following other members:(i) up to 2 members appointed by the President on the advice of the Chief Justice; (ii) up to 2 members appointed by the President on the advice of the Chairman of the Public Service Commission; (iii) up to 2 members appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister. (3) For the purposes of clause (2)(c) —(a) the President may, acting in the President’s discretion, refuse to make an appointment if the President does not concur with the advice tendered; and (b) the President must not appoint 2 members under clause (2)(c)(i), (ii) or (iii) unless at least one of them has for an aggregate period of 10 or more years been one or more of the following:(i) a qualified person within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Legal Profession Act 1966†; (ii) an officer in the Singapore Judicial Service; (iii) an officer in the Singapore Legal Service.[†Updated to be consistent with the 2020 Revised Edition] (4) Before assuming the duties of his or her office, an appointed member must take and subscribe before a Supreme Court Judge the appropriate Oath for the due execution of his or her office in the form set out in the First Schedule.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
Disqualification for appointment to Commission
111C. A person must not be appointed as a member under Article 111B(2)(c) if the person is, and ceases to be an appointed member if the person becomes —(a) a public officer; (b) an employee of any corporation incorporated by or under the provisions of any law for the time being in force in Singapore other than the Companies Act 1967† or any corresponding previous written law; (c) a Member of Parliament or a duly nominated candidate for election as such Member; (d) a member of any trade union or of any body or association affiliated to a trade union; [Act 31 of 2024 wef 09/12/2024] (da) a member of any platform work association or of any body or association affiliated to a platform work association; or[Act 31 of 2024 wef 09/12/2024] (e) the holder of any office in any political association.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] [†Updated to be consistent with the 2020 Revised Edition]
Tenure of office of appointed members
111D.—(1) Subject to this Article and Article 111C, an appointed member —(a) is to hold office for the period (which must not be shorter than 3 years or longer than 5 years) specified by the President in appointing the appointed member; and (b) is eligible for reappointment. (2) An appointed member may at any time resign his or her office by writing under his or her hand addressed to the President. (3) If the Prime Minister, or the President of the Commission after consulting the Prime Minister, represents to the President that an appointed member ought to be removed from office for —(a) inability to discharge the functions of the appointed member’s office; or (b) misbehaviour, the President must — (c) refer that representation to a tribunal consisting of 2 Supreme Court Judges nominated for that purpose by the Chief Justice, if the President, acting in the President’s discretion, concurs with that representation; and (d) remove the appointed member from office by writing under the President’s hand if the tribunal so recommends.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
Terms of service of appointed members, etc.
111E.—(1) An appointed member is to be paid allowances as may, from time to time, be determined, and those allowances are charged on the Consolidated Fund. (2) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the terms of service of an appointed member are —(a) to be prescribed in regulations made by the President and published in the Gazette; or (b) to be determined by the President insofar as they are not determined by or under any such law. (3) The terms of service of an appointed member must not be altered to his or her disadvantage during his or her continuance in office. (4) For the purposes of clause (3), insofar as the terms of service of an appointed member depend upon his or her option, any terms that he or she opts for is taken to be more advantageous to him or her than any for which he or she might have opted.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
Functions
111F.—(1) Subject to clause (2), the Commission —(a) has jurisdiction over all officers in the Singapore Judicial Service; and (b) has the following functions and powers in relation to those officers:(i) appointment; (ii) confirmation; (iii) emplacement on the permanent establishment; (iv) promotion; (v) transfer; (vi) disciplinary control; (vii) dismissal. (2) The Commission and the Legal Service Commission may jointly make regulations to —(a) prescribe one or more posts; and (b) provide, in relation to officers in the Singapore Judicial Service holding a prescribed post, that all or any aspect of the Commission’s functions and powers in relation to those officers are to be exercised by the Legal Service Commission instead of the Commission.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
Procedure
111G. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Commission may regulate its own procedure and make rules for that purpose.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
Secretary to Commission
111H.—(1) There is to be a Secretary to the Commission, who —(a) must be a person who is a public officer; and (b) is to be appointed by the President in accordance with the advice of the Commission. (2) Subject to any instructions by the President of the Commission, the Secretary to the Commission is responsible for —(a) arranging the business for, and keeping the minutes of, the meetings of the Commission; and (b) conveying the decisions of the Commission to the appropriate person or authority. (3) The President of the Commission may, from time to time, direct the Secretary to the Commission to perform any other function.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
Personnel boards
111I.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Article, the Commission may make regulations to —(a) establish one or more personnel boards (including specifying the procedure to be followed by a personnel board); and (b) delegate all or any of its functions and powers to a personnel board, whether with or without conditions, and a personnel board so established may exercise the delegated functions and powers under the direction and control of the Commission. (2) The Commission must not delegate —(a) any of its functions or powers relating to disciplinary control or dismissal; (b) any of its functions or powers relating to officers in the Singapore Judicial Service of or above the threshold grade (including the power to appoint or promote an officer to that grade); and (c) any function or power in relation to officers in the Singapore Legal Service holding a post prescribed by regulations made under Article 111N(2), if that function or power could not have been delegated by the Legal Service Commission under Article 111Q. (3) For the purposes of clause (2)(b) —(a) the President may, on the advice of the Prime Minister and by notification in the Gazette, designate a threshold grade in the Singapore Judicial Service; and (b) the Prime Minister must consult the President of the Commission before advising the President under paragraph (a). (4) A personnel board must consist of at least 3 members. (5) A member of a personnel board is to be appointed by the President if the President, acting in the President’s discretion, concurs with the advice of the Commission. (6) Only the following persons may be appointed as members of a personnel board:(a) a member of the Commission; (b) a Supreme Court Judge, a Judicial Commissioner or a Senior Judge; (c) an officer in the Singapore Judicial Service. [Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
Legal Service Commission
111J.—(1) A Legal Service Commission is established. (2) The Commission consists of —(a) the Attorney‑General (as President); (b) the Chairman of the Public Service Commission (as Vice‑President); and (c) the following other members:(i) up to 2 members appointed by the President on the advice of the Attorney‑General; (ii) up to 2 members appointed by the President on the advice of the Chairman of the Public Service Commission; (iii) up to 2 members appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister. (3) For the purposes of clause (2)(c) —(a) the President may, acting in the President’s discretion, refuse to make an appointment if the President does not concur with the advice tendered; and (b) the President must not appoint 2 members under clause (2)(c)(i), (ii) or (iii) unless at least one of them has for an aggregate period of 10 or more years been one or more of the following:(i) a qualified person within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Legal Profession Act 1966†; (ii) an officer in the Singapore Judicial Service; (iii) an officer in the Singapore Legal Service.[†Updated to be consistent with the 2020 Revised Edition] (4) Before assuming the duties of his or her office, an appointed member must take and subscribe before a Supreme Court Judge the appropriate Oath for the due execution of his or her office in the form set out in the First Schedule.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
Disqualification for appointment to Commission
111K. A person must not be appointed as a member under Article 111J(2)(c) if the person is, and ceases to be an appointed member if the person becomes —(a) a public officer; (b) an employee of any corporation incorporated by or under the provisions of any law for the time being in force in Singapore other than the Companies Act 1967† or any corresponding previous written law; (c) a Member of Parliament or a duly nominated candidate for election as such Member; (d) a member of any trade union or of any body or association affiliated to a trade union; [Act 31 of 2024 wef 09/12/2024] (da) a member of any platform work association or of any body or association affiliated to a platform work association; or[Act 31 of 2024 wef 09/12/2024] (e) the holder of any office in any political association.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] [†Updated to be consistent with the 2020 Revised Edition]
Tenure of office of appointed members
111L.—(1) Subject to this Article and Article 111K, an appointed member —(a) is to hold office for the period (which must not be shorter than 3 years or longer than 5 years) specified by the President in appointing the appointed member; and (b) is eligible for reappointment. (2) An appointed member may at any time resign his or her office by writing under his or her hand addressed to the President. (3) If the Prime Minister, or the President of the Commission after consulting the Prime Minister, represents to the President that an appointed member ought to be removed from office for —(a) inability to discharge the functions of the appointed member’s office; or (b) misbehaviour, the President must — (c) refer that representation to a tribunal consisting of 2 Supreme Court Judges nominated for that purpose by the Chief Justice, if the President, acting in the President’s discretion, concurs with that representation; and (d) remove the appointed member from office by writing under the President’s hand if the tribunal so recommends.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
Terms of service of appointed members, etc.
111M.—(1) An appointed member is to be paid allowances as may, from time to time, be determined, and those allowances are charged on the Consolidated Fund. (2) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the terms of service of an appointed member are —(a) to be prescribed in regulations made by the President and published in the Gazette; or (b) to be determined by the President insofar as they are not determined by or under any such law. (3) The terms of service of an appointed member must not be altered to his or her disadvantage during his or her continuance in office. (4) For the purposes of clause (3), insofar as the terms of service of an appointed member depend upon his or her option, any terms that he or she opts for is taken to be more advantageous to him or her than any for which he or she might have opted.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
Functions
111N.—(1) Subject to clause (2), the Commission —(a) has jurisdiction over all officers in the Singapore Legal Service; and (b) has the following functions and powers in relation to those officers:(i) appointment; (ii) confirmation; (iii) emplacement on the permanent establishment; (iv) promotion; (v) transfer; (vi) disciplinary control; (vii) dismissal. (2) The Commission and the Judicial Service Commission may jointly make regulations to —(a) prescribe one or more posts; and (b) provide, in relation to officers in the Singapore Legal Service holding a prescribed post, that all or any aspect of the Commission’s functions and powers in relation to those officers are to be exercised by the Judicial Service Commission instead of the Commission.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
Procedure
111O. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Commission may regulate its own procedure and make rules for that purpose.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
Secretary to Commission
111P.—(1) There is to be a Secretary to the Commission, who —(a) must be a person who is a public officer; and (b) is to be appointed by the President in accordance with the advice of the Commission. (2) Subject to any instructions by the President of the Commission, the Secretary to the Commission is responsible for —(a) arranging the business for, and keeping the minutes of, the meetings of the Commission; and (b) conveying the decisions of the Commission to the appropriate person or authority. (3) The President of the Commission may, from time to time, direct the Secretary to the Commission to perform any other function.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
Personnel boards
111Q.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Article, the Commission may make regulations to —(a) establish one or more personnel boards (including specifying the procedure to be followed by a personnel board); and (b) delegate all or any of its functions and powers to a personnel board, whether with or without conditions, and a personnel board so established may exercise the delegated functions and powers under the direction and control of the Commission. (2) The Commission must not delegate —(a) any of its functions or powers relating to disciplinary control or dismissal; (b) any of its functions or powers relating to officers in the Singapore Legal Service of or above the threshold grade (including the power to appoint or promote an officer to that grade); and (c) any function or power in relation to officers in the Singapore Judicial Service holding a post prescribed by regulations made under Article 111F(2), if that function or power could not have been delegated by the Judicial Service Commission under Article 111I. (3) For the purposes of clause (2)(b) —(a) the President may, on the advice of the Prime Minister and by notification in the Gazette, designate a threshold grade in the Singapore Legal Service; and (b) the Prime Minister must consult the President of the Commission before advising the President under paragraph (a). (4) A personnel board must consist of at least 3 members. (5) A member of a personnel board is to be appointed by the President if the President, acting in the President’s discretion, concurs with the advice of the Commission. (6) Only the following persons may be appointed as members of a personnel board:(a) a member of the Commission; (b) a Deputy Attorney‑General; (c) an officer in the Singapore Legal Service.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
Protection of pension rights
112.—(1) The law applicable to any award granted to any public officer or to his widow, children, dependants or personal representatives shall be that in force on the relevant day or any later law not less favourable to the person concerned.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (2) For the purposes of this Article, the relevant day is —(a) in relation to an award made before 16 September 1963, the date on which the award was made; (b) in relation to an award made after 16 September 1963, to or in respect of any person who was a public officer before that date, the date immediately before that date; and (c) in relation to an award made to or in respect of any person who first became a public officer on or after 16 September 1963, the date on which he first became a public officer. (3) For the purposes of this Article, where the law applicable to an award depends on the option of the person to whom it is made, the law for which he opts shall be taken to be more favourable to him than any other law for which he might have opted.
Power of Commissions in relation to pensions, etc.
113.—(1) Where under any written law any person or authority has a discretion —(a) to decide whether or not any award shall be made; or (b) to withhold, reduce in amount or suspend any such award that has been made, that award shall be made and may not be withheld, reduced in amount or suspended unless the relevant Commission concurs in the refusal to grant the award or, as the case may be, in the decision to withhold, reduce in amount or suspend it. [Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (2) Where the amount of any award that may be made to any person is not fixed by law, the amount of the award to be made to him shall be the greatest amount for which he is eligible unless the relevant Commission concurs in the making of an award of a smaller amount.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (3) [Deleted by Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
Pensions, etc., to be charged on Pension Fund or Consolidated Fund
114.—(1) Subject to clause (2) and Articles 35(11A), 98(7), 108(2A) and 148F(10B), awards granted in respect of the public service shall be charged on and paid out of, in the first instance, the Pension Fund established by the Pension Fund Act 1995 and, if that Fund is deficient, the Consolidated Fund.[39/2014] [Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (2) Notwithstanding clause (1), the Legislature may by law provide that any award granted in respect of public service may be paid out of another Government Fund in lieu of the Pension Fund and the Consolidated Fund.[32/2001] [Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
Pension rights on transfer
115.—(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this Constitution relating to the circumstances in which a public officer may vacate his office, any public officer may, with the consent of the Government (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), relinquish his office for the purpose of transfer to some other public office or to an office in any other public service, and if he so relinquishes his office, his claim to any award shall not thereby be prejudiced.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] (2) For the purposes of this Article, “other public service” has the meaning given to it by the Pensions Act 1956 as in force immediately before 15 September 1963.
Regulations regarding public service
116.—(1) Subject to the provisions of any written law for the time being in force in Singapore, the President may make regulations for all or any of the following matters:(a) the division of public offices into Divisions and Services; (b) the prescribing of Schemes regulating the recruitment, service and promotion of members of such Services; and (c) the conduct and discipline of the public service. (2) The Public Service Commission may, subject to the provisions of this Constitution, regulate its own procedure and make rules for that purpose, and may, in connection with the discharge of its functions, confer powers and impose duties on any person or any authority of the Government. (3) The Public Service Commission may, by directions in writing and subject to such conditions as it thinks fit, delegate any of its functions under Article 110(1) to any member of the Commission, to any public officer or other person, or to any board consisting of public officers and other persons appointed by it or to any person who is a member of a panel appointed by the Commission for the purposes of representing the public in any disciplinary proceedings in respect of any grade of the public service and that member, officer, board or person shall exercise those functions under the direction and control of the Public Service Commission.
Performance by Public Service Commission of other functions
118. Parliament may by law provide for the exercise of other functions by the Public Service Commission.
Annual reports
119. A Commission must make an annual report on its activities to the President and a copy of every annual report must be presented to Parliament.[Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]
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