s 10 Appointment of officers
10.—(1) Subject to section 10A, officers of the Singapore Armed Forces may be appointed either by the President or by the proper authority who or which may, without giving any reason, cancel the appointment. (2) An appointment made under subsection (1) must be in the prescribed form. (3) Officers appointed under subsection (1) are deemed to be officers of the Singapore Armed Forces from the date specified in their appointments. (4) Officers may from time to time be promoted or advanced in rank by the proper authority. (5) Any officer who has been commissioned pursuant to the repealed section 78 of the Singapore Army Act 1965 or has been appointed by the proper authority to hold the rank of officer and who has held that rank immediately before 15 June 1972 is for all purposes deemed to have been appointed as an officer under this Act.