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Singapore Army Bill

Bill No. 46/1965

Read the first time on 14th December 1965.

An Act to provide for the establishment, administration and discipline of an Army, the establishment of an Army Board and for purposes connected therewith.

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows: —

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Singapore Army Act, 1965, and shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 9th day of August, 1965.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression —

“Army Act” means the Army Act, 1955, of the United Kingdom and any other Imperial Act of the United Kingdom for the time being amending or replacing that Act;

“beyond the seas” means out of Singapore;

“carriage” means a vehicle for carriage or haulage other than one specially constructed for use on rails, and the expression “trailer” means a carriage constructed or adapted for being drawn by a mechanically propelled carriage;

“civil court” means, with respect to any crime or offence, a court of ordinary criminal jurisdiction, and includes a magistrate’s court;

“commanding officer” means an officer of not less than field rank for the time being commanding a unit or units of the Singapore armed forces and includes the general officer commanding;

“Commonwealth force” means a naval, military or air force raised in any part of the Commonwealth and includes the regular forces of the United Kingdom;

“competent military authority” means the Army Board or an officer designated by the Army Board;

“court of law” includes a magistrate’s court;

“decoration” means any medal, clasp, good-conduct badge or decoration;

“enemy” includes all armed mutineers, armed rebels, armed rioters and pirates;

“foreign country” means any place which is not in Singapore or the Commonwealth, and is not on the high seas;

“General Officer Commanding” means the General Officer Commanding the Singapore Army;

“military” includes the navy and the air force;

“military reward” means any gratuity or annuity for long service or good conduct and includes any good-conduct pay or pension and any other military pecuniary reward;

“non-commissioned officer” means and includes a non-commissioned officer and an acting non-commissioned officer of the Singapore armed forces or of any Commonwealth force who is attached to or seconded for service with the Singapore armed forces or any part thereof;

“oath” or “swear”, and other expressions relating thereto, include affirmation or declaration, affirm or declare, and expressions relating thereto in cases where an affirmation or declaration is by law allowed instead of an oath;

“officer” means an officer commissioned or in pay as an officer of the Singapore armed forces or any arm, branch or part thereof; and includes also —

(a)	a person who, by virtue of his commission, is appointed to any department, or corps of the Singapore armed forces, or of any arm, branch or part thereof;
(b)	a person, whether retired or not, who by virtue of his commission or otherwise, is legally entitled to the style and rank of an officer of the Singapore armed forces, or of any arm, branch or part thereof;
(c)	any officer of the Singapore armed forces who is for the time being subject to military law;
(d)	any officer of the volunteer force, when such officer is doing duty as such officer and is attached to the Singapore armed forces or is doing duty with the volunteer force or any part thereof which is for the time being subject to the provisions of this Act; and
(e)	an officer of any Commonwealth force attached to or seconded for service with the Singapore armed forces or any part thereof.

Officers holding honorary commissions shall be deemed to be officers within the meaning of this Act.

“Singapore armed forces” means officers and soldiers who by their commission, terms of enlistment, or otherwise, are liable to render continuously for a term of military service therein in every part of the world, or in any specified part of the world, including soldiers of the reserve forces when called out on permanent service;

“soldier” means a member of the Singapore armed forces other than an officer;

“superior court” means the High Court;

“superior officer”, when used in relation to a soldier, includes a warrant officer, and also a non-commissioned officer;

“volunteer force” means any force established or maintained under the Singapore Volunteer Force Act, 1965 (Act of 1965);

“warrant officer” means a warrant officer appointed under a warrant from the President, and includes a warrant officer of any Commonwealth force who is attached to or seconded for service with the Singapore armed forces or any part thereof.