Singapore Armed Forces (Subordinate Military Courts) Regulations
Table of Contents
Part I PRELIMINARY
1 Citation
2 Definityions
Part II CHARGE-SHEETS AND CHARGES
3 Charge-sheets
4 Charges
5 Joint charges
6 Construction of charge-sheet and charges
Part III CONVENING OF SUBORDINATE MILITARY COURTS
7 Duties of convening authority
8 Appointment of president and members
9 Officers under instruction
10 Preparation of defence
Part IV ASSEMBLY AND SWEARING OF COURT
11 Preliminary matters to be considered
12 Challenges by accused
13 No right to object to judge advocate, prosecutor or officer under instruction
14 Swearing of court and judge advocate
15 Swearing of officers under instruction
16 Appointment and swearing of, and objections to, interpreters and shorthand writers
17 Order of trials
18 Form of oath or affirmation
Part V ARRAIGNMENT OF ACCUSED
19 Arraignment of accused
20 Plea to jurisdiction of court
21 Objection to charge
22 Plea in bar of trial
23 Application for separate trial where accused charged jointly
24 Application by accused to have charges tried separately
25 Pleas to charge
26 Acceptance of plea of guilty
27 Pleas on alternative charges
Part VI PROCEDURE AFTER RECORDING FINDING OF GUILTY
28 Order of trial where pleas of guilty and not guilty
29 Procedure on finding of guilty after plea of guilty
Part VII CHANGES OF PLEA
30 Changes of plea
Part VIII PROCEDURE ON PLEAS OF NOT GUILTY
31 Application for adjournment
32 Case for prosecution
33 Submission of no case to answer
34 Explanation of rights of accused
35 Case for defence
36 Calling and recalling of witnesses by court
37 Closing addresses
38 Summing up by judge advocate
Part IX FINDING
39 Deliberation on finding on charge
40 Expression of opinions on, and form of, finding
41 Announcement of finding
Part X PROCEDURE AFTER ANNOUNCEMENT OF FINDING
42 Completion of procedure on plea of guilty before deliberation on sentence
43 Trial of charges in other charge-sheets before deliberation on sentence
44 Release of accused
45 Accused’s record and plea on mitigation
46 Request by accused for other offences to be taken into consideration
47 Deliberation on sentence
48 Sentence
49 Postponement of deliberation on sentence
50 Judgment and sentence
Part XI RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS AND EXHIBITS
51 Record of proceedings
52 Exhibits
53 Custody and inspection of record of proceedings during trial
Part XII REVIEW OF FINDINGS AND SENTENCES
54 Petitions
Part XIII RESPONSIBILITY OF COURT, JUDGE ADVOCATE, PROSECUTOR AND DEFENDING OFFICER OR COUNSEL
55 Duties of president
56 Duty of judge advocate
57 Judge advocate sitting alone
58 Duties of prosecutor and defending officer or counsel
59 Exercise of right of accused
Part XIV ATTENDANCE, CALLING AND EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES
60 Procuring attendance of witnesses
61 Exclusion of witnesses
62 Examination of witnesses
63 Examination by court and judge advocate
64 Interview of witnesses
Part XV WITHDRAWAL AND AMENDMENT OF CHARGE-SHEETS AND CHARGES
65 Withdrawal of charge-sheets and charges
66 Amendments of charge-sheets and charges by court
Part XVI ADJOURNMENT
67 Adjournment
68 View by court
69 Absence of president, members or judge advocate
Part XVII SENTENCE OF DEATH
70 Sentence of death
Part XVIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
71 Minor punishments
72 Suspension of sentence of imprisonment or detention
73 Deviations from forms in Schedules
74 Cases not covered by Regulations
FIRST SCHEDULE Singapore Armed Forces Act (Chapter 295) Singapore Armed Forces (Subordinate Military Courts) Regulations Illustrations of Charge-sheets
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FOURTH SCHEDULE Singapore Armed Forces Act (Chapter 295) Singapore Armed Forces (Subordinate Military Courts) Regulations
FIFTH SCHEDULE Singapore Armed Forces Act (Chapter 295) Singapore Armed Forces (Subordinate Military Courts) Regulations Service Record of Accused
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SEVENTH SCHEDULE Singapore Armed Forces (Chapter 295) Singapore Armed Forces (Subordinate Military Courts) Regulations Record of Proceedings of A General Court Martial 1
EIGHTH SCHEDULE Singapore Armed Forces Act (Chapter 295) Singapore Armed Forces (Subordinate Military Courts) Regulations Petition
NINTH SCHEDULE Singapore Armed Forces Act (Chapter 295) Singapore Armed Forces (Subordinate Military Courts) Regulations Summons to Witness
TENTH SCHEDULE (Chapter 295) Singapore Armed Forces (Subordinate Military Courts) Regulations Death Warrant
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