Marriage Among Armed Forces
Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) rules state that any marriages within MINDEF or Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) must be approved by the personnel's Commanding Officer or G3 branch army. Personnel are encouraged to consult their Chief Clerks (Branch Administration Officer / Executive) for the latest ruling regarding this.
Marriage outside the MINDEF/SAF (to civilians) is allowed and the SAF awards benefits such as time off and gratuity payments to personnel for getting married.
The Official Secrets Act discourages their marriage to foreign nationals, and excludes such marriages to foreign government employees, whether employed in the civilian, diplomatic or military service.
Staffs (mostly civilians) from the Defence Science and Technology Agency and other military agencies have different sets of rules, in accordance to relevant orders and directives concerning Defence Executive Officers (DXO, formerly NUSAF - Non-Uniformed SAF). These civilian staffs are partially under Singapore Armed Forces Act (a civilian act since Singapore does not formally have military laws), mostly concerning secrecy & informations and professionalism & conflict of interest while excluding military discipline that are normally applied to military uniformed staffs.
DXO have more terms imposed compared to DSTA staffs.
Information regarding marriage of military and MINDEF staff is classified as restricted and is not released to the public.
Read more about this topic: Matrimonial Law Of Singapore
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