PART 3 11.—(1) Every person subject to military law who, without lawful excuse —| (a) | surrenders any place or thing to the enemy; or | | (b) | abandons any place or thing which it is his or her duty to defend against the enemy or to prevent from falling into the hands of the enemy, |
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(2) Every person subject to military law shall be guilty of an offence under this section if, being in the presence or vicinity of the enemy, or being engaged in any action or operation against the enemy or under orders to be prepared for any action or operation by or against the enemy, the person —| (a) | fails to use his or her utmost exertions to carry out the lawful orders of his or her superiors (being officers or senior military experts); | | (b) | while on guard duty and posted or ordered to patrol, or while on watch, sleeps or, without having been regularly relieved, leaves any place where it is his or her duty to be; or | | (c) | behaves in such a manner as to show cowardice, or induces any other person so to behave at a time when that other person, being a member of the Singapore Armed Forces or of any force cooperating therewith is in the presence or vicinity of the enemy, or is engaged in any action or operation against the enemy or under orders to be prepared for any action or operation by or against the enemy. [28/2009] |
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| (3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to suffer death or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
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12. Every person subject to military law who, knowingly and without lawful excuse —| (a) | communicates with or gives intelligence to the enemy; | | (b) | fails to make known to the proper authorities any information received by him or her from the enemy; | | (c) | furnishes the enemy with supplies of any description; | | (d) | having been captured by the enemy, serves with or aids the enemy in the prosecution of hostilities or of measures calculated to influence morale, or in any other manner not authorised by international usage; | | (e) | harbours or protects an enemy not being a prisoner of war or knowingly does any other act to prevent the capture of an enemy; | | (f) | surrenders himself or herself to the enemy or leaves the battle; | | (g) | without authority transmits or discloses any information to the enemy regarding the Singapore Armed Forces or any forces cooperating therewith; or | | (h) | does any act calculated to imperil the success of any military action or operation of the Singapore Armed Forces or of any forces cooperating therewith or wilfully delays or discourages upon any pretext any such action or operation, |
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| Unauthorised disclosure of information |
13.—(1) Every person subject to military law who without lawful authority discloses or purports to disclose, whether orally, in writing, by signal or by any other means, information relating to any matter upon which information would or might be useful to an enemy shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act.| (2) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section that he or she did not know and had no reasonable cause to believe that the information disclosed related to a matter upon which information would or might be, directly or indirectly, useful to an enemy. |
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| Offences in connection with captivity |
14. Every person subject to military law who —| (a) | is captured by the enemy through his or her negligence or disobedience; or | | (b) | being captured by the enemy, does not take any reasonable steps which are available to him or her to rejoin the Singapore Armed Forces or prevents or discourages any other person who has been captured from taking such steps, |
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15.—(1) Every person subject to military law who —| (a) | takes part in a mutiny involving the use of violence or the threat of the use of violence, or having as its object or one of its objects the refusal or avoidance of any duty or service against, or in connection with operations against, the enemy, or the impeding of the performance of any such duty or service; or | | (b) | incites any person subject to military law to take part in such a mutiny, whether actual or intended, |
| shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act; and if the offence is committed in the face of the enemy or involves the use of violence he or she shall be punished with death. |
| (2) Every person subject to military law who, in a case not falling within subsection (1), takes part in a mutiny, or incites any person subject to military law to take part in a mutiny, whether actual or intended, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
(3) In this section, “mutiny” means a combination of 2 or more persons subject to military law —| (a) | to overthrow or resist lawful authority in the Singapore Armed Forces or any forces cooperating therewith or any part of those forces; | | (b) | to disobey lawful authority in circumstances that make the disobedience subversive of discipline or with the object of avoiding any duty or service against the enemy or in connection with operations against the enemy; or | | (c) | to impede the performance of any duty or service in the Singapore Armed Forces or in any forces cooperating therewith or any part of those forces. |
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| Offences by or in relation to sentries, persons on watch, etc. |
16. Every person subject to military law who —| (a) | while on guard duty and posted or ordered to patrol, or on watch, or under orders to regulate traffic by land, water or air, sleeps or, without having been regularly relieved, leaves any place where it is his or her duty to be; | | (b) | strikes or otherwise uses force against a member of the Singapore Armed Forces or of any forces cooperating therewith, who is on guard duty and posted or ordered to patrol, or on watch, or under orders to regulate traffic by land, water or air; or | | (c) | by the threat of force compels any member mentioned in paragraph (b) to let him or her or any other person pass, |
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| Disobedience of, non-compliance with lawful orders, etc. |
17.—(1) Every person subject to military law who by words or behaviour wilfully disobeys any lawful order, by whatever means communicated to him or her, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years, and, if the offence is committed during active service, the person shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act.| (2) Every person subject to military law who does not comply with any lawful order or neglects to perform or negligently performs any lawful duty or order shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, and, if the offence is committed during active service, the person shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
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18. Every person subject to military law who —| (a) | steals from or, with intent to steal, searches the person of anyone killed, wounded or captured in the course of warlike operations, or killed, injured or detained in the course of operations undertaken by the Singapore Armed Forces for the preservation of law and order or otherwise in aid of the civil authorities; | | (b) | steals any property which has been left exposed or unprotected in consequence of any operations mentioned in paragraph (a); or | | (c) | takes, otherwise than for the purposes of the Singapore Armed Forces, any aircraft, vessel, arms, vehicle, equipment or stores abandoned by the enemy, |
| shall be guilty of the offence of looting and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
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19.—(1) Every person subject to military law shall be guilty of an offence if the person —| (a) | strikes or otherwise uses violence to, or offers violence to, a person superior in rank or appointment; or | | (b) | uses threatening or insubordinate language or gestures to, or behaves with contempt to, a person superior in rank or appointment. [Act 24 of 2022 wef 28/10/2022] |
(1A) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1)(a) shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to —| (a) | if the offence is committed during active service — imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act; and | | (b) | in any other case — imprisonment for a term not exceeding 4 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. [Act 24 of 2022 wef 28/10/2022] |
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(1B) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1)(b) shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to —| (a) | if the offence is committed during active service — imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act; and | | (b) | in any other case — imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. [Act 24 of 2022 wef 28/10/2022] |
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| (2) It is a defence for any person charged under this section to prove that he or she neither knew nor had reasonable cause to believe that the person in relation to whom the offence is alleged to have been committed was a person superior in rank or appointment. |
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| Obstruction of military policemen |
20.—(1) Every person subject to military law who obstructs or, when called upon, refuses to assist any military policeman or person legally exercising authority under or on behalf of a military policeman shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act.| (2) It is a defence for any person charged under this section to prove that he or she neither knew nor had reasonable cause to believe that the person in relation to whom the offence is alleged to have been committed was a military policeman or (as the case may be) a person legally exercising authority under, or on behalf of, a military policeman. |
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| Disobedience of general orders |
| 21. Every person subject to military law who contravenes or fails to comply with any lawful provision of general orders, being a provision known to the person or which the person might reasonably be expected to know, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
22.—(1) Every person subject to military law who is absent without leave from service in the Singapore Armed Forces or from the place where he or she is lawfully required for the time being to be shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act.| (2) It is a defence for any person charged under this section to prove that his or her absence was a result of circumstances over which he or she had no control. |
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23.—(1) Every person subject to military law who deserts shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act.(2) For the purposes of this section, a person deserts if he or she —| (a) | leaves or fails to attend at his or her place of duty in the Singapore Armed Forces with the intention of remaining permanently absent from duty without lawful authority, or, having left or failed to attend at his or her place of duty in the Singapore Armed Forces, thereafter forms the like intention; or | | (b) | absents himself or herself without leave with intent to avoid service or any particular service before the enemy, |
| and references in this Act to desertion are to be construed accordingly. |
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| Failure to report deserters and absentees |
24. Every person subject to military law who, knowing that any other person has committed an offence under section 22 or 23 —| (a) | fails to report the fact without delay; or | | (b) | fails to take any steps within his or her power to cause that person to be apprehended, |
| shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
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| Conduct to prejudice of good order or discipline |
| 25. Every person subject to military law who is guilty of any act, conduct or neglect to the prejudice of good order or discipline shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
| Cruel, indecent or disgraceful conduct |
| 26. Every person subject to military law who behaves in a cruel, indecent or disgraceful manner or in a manner unbecoming of a member of the Singapore Armed Forces shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
| Non-prevention of offences |
| 27. Every person subject to military law who knows that another person is planning or attempting to commit an offence under section 11, 12, 15, 22 or 23 and fails to take reasonable steps to suppress or prevent its commission shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
| 28. Every person subject to military law who ill-treats a serviceman of lower rank or less seniority or any person in custody or subject to his or her authority shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
| 29. Every person subject to military law who knowingly exceeds his or her authority over a serviceman of lower rank or less seniority shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
| Personation and excess of authority |
30.—(1) Every person subject to military law who without authority holds himself or herself out to have a rank, status, appointment or assignment in the Singapore Armed Forces or who wears any military dress, insignia or badge whether of rank or otherwise which he or she is not authorised to wear shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or any less punishment authorised by this Act.| (2) Every person subject to military law who without authority does any act while holding himself or herself out to have authority to do so shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
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| Creating despondency or alarm |
31.—(1) Every person subject to military law who creates, or is likely to create, despondency or alarm in the Singapore Armed Forces by —| (a) | printing, publishing, selling, offering for sale, distributing or reproducing any publication; | | (b) | uttering any words; or | | (c) | behaviour, |
| shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
| (2) Every person subject to military law who prepares, publishes or disseminates publications, or utters any words likely to be detrimental to the Singapore Armed Forces shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
| (3) Every person subject to military law who unlawfully keeps in his or her possession any publication likely to create despondency or alarm, or likely to be detrimental to the Singapore Armed Forces, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
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32. Every person subject to military law who —| (a) | falsely pretends to be suffering from any sickness; | | (b) | injures himself or herself any other person subject to military law with intent thereby to render himself or herself or that other person unfit for service, or causes himself or herself to be injured by any person with that intent; or | | (c) | does any act or fails to do anything to produce, prolong or aggravate any sickness with intent to render or keep himself or herself unfit for duty or service, |
| shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
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| 33. Every person subject to military law who whether on duty or not is intoxicated by alcohol shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
| Possession, etc., of drugs |
| 34. Every person subject to military law who has in his or her possession, smokes, administers to himself or herself or otherwise consumes any dangerous, prohibited or controlled drug as defined in any written law relating to the misuse or control of drugs shall, unless authorised by such law in that regard, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
| Abandonment of aircraft or vessel |
| 35. Every person subject to military law who without authority abandons any arms, aircraft, vessel or vehicle of the Singapore Armed Forces when it is threatened with loss shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
| Causing or allowing any ship, vessel or aircraft to be lost or hazarded |
36. Every person subject to military law who, either wilfully or by negligence —| (a) | causes or allows to be lost, stranded or hazarded any ship or vessel of the Singapore Armed Forces; or | | (b) | causes or allows to be lost or hazarded any aircraft of the Singapore Armed Forces, |
| shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction, if he or she acts wilfully or with wilful neglect, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act, and in any other case to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
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| Offences by commanding officer in relation to ship, vessel or aircraft taken as prize |
37. Every person subject to military law who, being in command of any ship, vessel or aircraft of the Singapore Armed Forces —| (a) | having taken any ship, vessel or aircraft as prize, fails to send to the General Division of the High Court, or to some other prize court having jurisdiction in the case, all the ship’s papers or aircraft’s papers (as the case may be) found on board; | | (b) | unlawfully makes any arrangement for the ransoming of any ship, vessel, aircraft or goods taken as prize; or | | (c) | pursuant to any arrangement as mentioned in paragraph (b) or otherwise by collusion, restores or abandons any ship, vessel, aircraft or goods taken as prize, |
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| Further offences in relation to ship, vessel or aircraft taken as prize |
38. Every person subject to military law who —| (a) | strikes, or otherwise ill-treats, any person who is on board a ship, vessel or aircraft when taken as prize, or unlawfully takes from any such person anything in his or her possession; | | (b) | removes out of any ship, vessel or aircraft taken as prize (otherwise than for safekeeping or for the necessary use and service of the Singapore Armed Forces) any goods not previously adjudged by a prize court to be lawful prize; or | | (c) | breaks bulk on board any ship, vessel or aircraft taken as prize, or detained in exercise of any belligerent right or under any enactment, with intent to embezzle or fraudulently misapply anything therein, |
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| Offences by officer, etc., serving in ship involved in convoying and protection of vessel |
39. Every officer, warrant officer or military expert of or above the rank of ME3 who while serving in a ship of the Singapore Armed Forces involved in the convoying and protection of a vessel —| (a) | fails to defend a vessel or goods in his or her convoy; | | (b) | refuses to fight in the defence of a vessel in his or her convoy when it is attacked; or | | (c) | cowardly abandons or exposes a vessel in his or her convoy to hazards, |
| shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to suffer death or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
[28/2009] |
| Disobeying lawful command of captain of ship |
40.—(1) Every person who, when in a ship, disobeys any lawful command given by the captain of the ship in relation to the navigation or handling of the ship or affecting the safety of the ship, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for life or any less punishment authorised by this Act.| (2) For the purposes of this section, every person of whatever rank is, when he or she is in a ship, under the command, as respects all matters relating to the navigation or handling of the ship or affecting the safety of the ship, of the captain of the ship. |
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| Endangering life or property |
41. Every person subject to military law who does an act in relation to any thing or substance that may be dangerous to life or property, which act causes, or is likely to cause, loss of life or bodily injury to any person or causes, or is likely to cause, damage to or destruction of any property shall —| (a) | if he or she acted wilfully, be guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act; and | | (b) | if he or she acted negligently, be guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
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| Damage to, and loss of, Singapore Armed Forces property, etc. |
42.—(1) Every person subject to military law who —| (a) | wilfully damages or destroys or causes the loss of, or is concerned in the wilful damage, destruction or loss of, any Singapore Armed Forces property, or any property belonging to a person subject to military law; or | | (b) | by wilful neglect causes or allows damage to, or the loss of, any Singapore Armed Forces property or property so belonging, |
| shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
(2) Every person subject to military law who —| (a) | by any negligent act or omission causes or allows damage to, or the loss of, any Singapore Armed Forces property; or | | (b) | is guilty of any wilful or negligent act or omission which is likely to cause damage to, or the loss of, any such property, |
| shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
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| (3) Where the property consists of arms, or is an aircraft, a vessel or a vehicle, the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
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| Dishonest misappropriation of Singapore Armed Forces property |
43. Every person subject to military law who —| (a) | steals or dishonestly misappropriates any Singapore Armed Forces property or any property belonging to a person subject to military law or is concerned in the stealing or dishonest misappropriation of any such property; or | | (b) | receives any property belonging to the Singapore Armed Forces or to a person subject to military law knowing it to have been stolen or to have been dishonestly misappropriated, |
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| (c) | where the property stolen or dishonestly misappropriated consists of an aircraft, a vessel, or arms — to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years; or | | (d) | in any other case — to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
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| Misapplication and waste of Singapore Armed Forces property |
| 44. Every person subject to military law who misapplies or wastefully expends any Singapore Armed Forces property shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
45. Every person subject to military law who —| (a) | unlawfully places or holds a person in custody; or | | (b) | does not comply with the provisions of this Act or of any regulations governing the placing or holding of a person in custody, |
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| 46. Every person subject to military law who refuses to obey or strikes or otherwise uses violence to or offers violence to any person whose lawful duty it is to arrest him or her or to place him or her in custody, or in whose custody he or she is, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
| Escape and permitting escape and unlawful release from custody |
47.—(1) Every person subject to military law who escapes from lawful custody shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act.| (2) Every person subject to military law who wilfully or negligently or without reasonable excuse allows to escape any person who is committed to his or her charge, or whom it is his or her duty to guard shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
| (3) Every person subject to military law who without proper authority releases any person who is committed to his or her charge shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
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48.—(1) Every person subject to military law who —| (a) | fails to comply with a summons or order to attend as a witness at the Military Court of Appeal, a subordinate military court, disciplinary trial or board of inquiry; | | (b) | refuses to take an oath or make an affirmation when required by a subordinate military court, disciplinary officer or a board of inquiry to do so; | | (c) | refuses to produce any document or material in his or her custody or control which a subordinate military court, a disciplinary officer, a board of inquiry or an investigating officer lawfully requires him or her to produce; | | (d) | as a witness refuses to answer any question which a subordinate military court, a disciplinary officer or a board of inquiry lawfully requires him or her to answer; | | (e) | wilfully insults a subordinate military court, a disciplinary officer or a board of inquiry or any person whose duty it is to attend before them; or | | (f) | wilfully interrupts, obstructs or disturbs the proceedings of a subordinate military court, a disciplinary officer or a board of inquiry, |
| shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
| (2) Where an offence under subsection (1) is committed in relation to a subordinate military court and the court is of the opinion that it is expedient that the offender should be dealt with summarily by the court instead of being brought to trial under this Act, the court may, after giving the offender an opportunity to be heard, order the offender to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding 21 days or to be fined a sum not exceeding $50. |
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| 49. Every person subject to military law who having been lawfully sworn as a witness or as an interpreter in proceedings before a subordinate military court, a disciplinary officer, a committee of inquiry appointed under section 8C or a board of inquiry, makes a statement material in those proceedings which he or she knows to be false or does not believe to be true shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
| Falsification of documents |
50. Every person subject to military law who —| (a) | makes, signs, or makes an entry in any report, return, pay list or certificate or other official document, being a document or entry which is to his or her knowledge false in a material particular; | | (b) | alters any report, return, pay list or certificate or other official document, or alters any entry in such a document, so that the document or entry is to his or her knowledge false in a material particular, or suppresses, defaces, destroys or makes away with any such document or entry which it is his or her duty to preserve or produce; or | | (c) | with intent to deceive, fails to make an entry or fails to reveal any material fact in any such document, |
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| Refusing medical or dental examination and treatment |
51. Every person subject to military law who, without reasonable excuse, does not submit to —| (a) | a medical or dental examination or test; | | (b) | inoculation, vaccination or immunisation; or | | (c) | medical or dental treatment, |
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| Obstructing investigation |
| 52. Every person subject to military law who does not comply with an investigating officer’s request to submit to the taking of the person’s photograph or fingerprints shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
53.—(1) Every person subject to military law who issues or signs, without having ensured its accuracy —| (a) | a certificate relating to any matter affecting the seagoing or fighting efficiency of any vessel of the Singapore Armed Forces; or | | (b) | any certificate relating to any aircraft or aircraft material of the Singapore Armed Forces, |
| shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
(2) In subsection (1), “aircraft material” includes —| (a) | parts of, and components of or accessories for, aircraft, whether for the time being in aircraft or not; | | (b) | engines, armaments, ammunition and bombs and other missiles of any description in, or for use in, aircraft; | | (c) | any other gear, apparatus or instrument in, or for use in, aircraft; | | (d) | any apparatus used in connection with the taking off or landing of aircraft or for detecting the movement of aircraft; and | | (e) | any fuel used for the propulsion of aircraft and any material used as lubricant for aircraft or aircraft material. |
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54.—(1) Every person subject to military law who is guilty of any act or neglect in flying, or in the use of any aircraft, or in relation to any aircraft or aircraft material, which causes or is likely to cause loss of life or bodily injury to any person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 4 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act.| (2) However, if the person has not acted wilfully or with wilful neglect he or she shall not be liable to be imprisoned for a term exceeding 2 years. |
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55.—(1) Every person subject to military law who, being the pilot of an aircraft, flies it at a height less than such height as may be provided in general orders shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act.| (2) Where a pilot flies an aircraft in contravention of this section on the orders of another person who is in command of the aircraft, that other person is to be treated for the purposes of this section as having been the pilot of, and flying, the aircraft at the material time. |
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56.—(1) Every person subject to military law who, being the pilot of an aircraft, flies it so as to cause, or to be likely to cause, unnecessary annoyance to any person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act.| (2) Where a pilot flies an aircraft in contravention of this section on the orders of another person who is in command of the aircraft, that other person is to be treated for the purposes of this section as having been the pilot of, and flying, the aircraft at the material time. |
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| Irregular arrest and confinement |
57. Every person subject to military law (A) who, when another person subject thereto (B) is under arrest —| (a) | unnecessarily delays the taking of such steps as is A’s duty to take for investigating the allegations against B or for having the allegations against B investigated pursuant to this Act or tried by a subordinate military court, as the case may be; | | (b) | fails to release B, or effect B’s release, when it is A’s duty to do so; or | | (c) | being a disciplinary officer, unnecessarily delays dealing with a charge against an accused under Part 4, |
| shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act. |
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| 58. Every person subject to military law who aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission of a military offence or who attempts to commit a military offence under this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to suffer the same punishment as for the offence except that if the military offence is punishable by death the person shall not be liable to any greater punishment than imprisonment. |
| Justification, excuse and defence |
| 59. All rules and principles from time to time followed in the civil courts that would render any circumstances a justification or an excuse or a defence to any charge are applicable to any charge under this Act, except insofar as such rules and principles are altered by or are inconsistent with this Act or any regulations made under this Act. |
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