Civil Defence Act 1986(No. 29 of 1986)
Table of Contents
Long Title
Enacting Formula
Part I PRELIMINARY
1 Short title and commencement
2 Interpretation
Part II CONSTITUTION, ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE FORCE
3 Raising and maintenance of Singapore Civil Defence Force
4 Functions of the Force
5 Organisation
6 Administration of the Force by Commissioner
Part III ENLISTMENT AND DISCHARGE OF MEMBERS OF THE FORCE
7 Appointment of officers and enlistment of servicemen in the Force
8 Public officers serving as members of the Force
9 Enlistment of national servicemen in the Force
10 Discharge of national servicemen from the Force
11 Discharge of auxiliary members
12 Identity card
13 Delivery of Government property on leaving the Force
Part IV JURISDICTION AND LIABILITY
Division 1 — Persons subject to this Act
14 Application
15 Modification of this Act
16 Certain persons to remain subject to this Act
Division 2 — Liability of persons subject to this Act to be tried and punished for service offences
17 Trial and punishment of person committing service offence
18 Trial and punishment of service offences under this Act notwithstanding offender ceasing to be subject to this Act
19 Limitation of time for trial of offences under this Act
20 Jurisdiction of the courts
21 Persons not to be tried under this Act for offences already disposed of
22 Application of the principles of Penal Code
Part V SERVICE OFFENCES
23 Looting
24 Desertion
25 Connivance at desertion
26 Assault on a guard
27 Offence by or in relation to person on guard or on watch
28 Violence to a superior
29 Assault on a subordinate
30 Cruel, indecent or disgraceful conduct
31 Obstruction of provost officer
32 Insubordinate behaviour
33 Disobedience to command
34 Failure to comply with direction of person in command
35 Failure to comply with order
36 Abuse of authority
37 Destruction of, or damage to, service property
38 Dishonest misappropriation of service property
39 Misapplication and waste of service property
40 False statement in application
41 Falsification, etc., of service documents
42 False statement in relation to appointment or enlistment
43 False evidence
44 Delay or denial of justice
45 Resistance to arrest
46 Escape from custody
47 Unlawful release, etc., of person in custody
48 Absence without leave
49 Malingering
50 Drunkeness on duty, etc
51 Assaults, insulting words, etc
52 Negligent performance of duty
53 Contempt
54 Attempts to commit service offence
55 Aiding, etc., commission of service offence
56 Conduct to the prejudice of Force discipline
Part VI ARREST, CUSTODY AND SEARCH
57 Arrest without warrant
58 Arrest under warrant
59 Reasonable force to effect arrest
60 Arrested person to be informed of alleged offence
61 Detention in civil custody of arrested person
62 Person in custody to be dealt with in accordance with this Act
63 Avoidance of delay after arrest
64 Conditional release
65 Making of physical examination
66 Search of place where person sought to be arrested has entered
67 Search of person in custody
68 Search by person of same sex, etc
69 Disposal of property taken on search
Part VII TRIAL AND PUNISHMENT BY DISCIPLINARY OFFICERS
70 Manner of dealing with charges
71 Manner of dealing with charge against members who are public officers
72 Jurisdiction of disciplinary officers
73 Trial of former members
74 Dismissal of a charge
75 Punishments
76 Power of Disciplinary Board to deal with charges against lieutenant-colonel, etc.
77 Commencement of sentence of detention
78 Sentence of detention
79 Suspension of sentence
80 Provisions as to persons unlawfully at large
81 Review of findings and awards
82 Officers who are to act as junior and senior disciplinary officers
83 Inapplicability of law of evidence
84 Detention in default of payment of fine
85 Rules of Procedure
Part VIII POWERS OF INVESTIGATION
86 Provost officer may investigate service offences
87 Powers of investigation of a provost officer
Part IX DEDUCTIONS FROM PAY OF A MEMBER
88 Authorised deductions only to be made from pay
89 Deductions from ordinary pay of member
90 Supplemental provisions as to deductions from ordinary pay
91 Write-off of public property
Part X BOARDS OF INQUIRY
92 Board of inquiry
93 Composition
94 Powers
95 Summoning and privilege of witnesses at a board of inquiry and misconduct of civilian thereat
96 Evidence and procedure
97 Admissibility of evidence
98 Sittings not open to public
99 Person who may be affected by finding
100 Record of proceedings
Part XI CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE FUND
101 Civil Defence Force Fund
Part XII CIVIL DEFENCE EMERGENCY
102 Declaration of state of civil defence emergency
103 Special powers during an emergency
Part XIII TRAINING OF CIVILIAN POPULATION IN CIVIL DEFENCE
104 Civil defence training for civilian population
105 Protection of civil defence volunteers
Part XIV GENERAL
106 Persons exercising power, etc., not to be obstructed
107 Offences by body corporate
108 Protection of employment rights
109 Members deemed to be public servants
110 Civil Defence General Orders and Standing Orders
111 Compensation for personal injury
112 Protection from liability
113 Mobilisation of auxiliary members
114 Section 14 of the Government Proceedings Act shall apply to the Force
115 Regulations
116 Repeal