Singapore Armed Forces (Summary Trial) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

No. S 190

Singapore Armed Forces Act

(Chapter 295)

Singapore Armed Forces (Summary Trial) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 205 of the Singapore Armed Forces Act, the Armed Forces Council hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Singapore Armed Forces (Summary Trial) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2010.

Amendment of regulation 3

2. Regulation 3 of the Singapore Armed Forces (Summary Trial) Regulations (Rg 2) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “an officer”, the words “or a senior military expert”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “designated officer”, the words “or senior military expert”; and

(c)

by renumbering the regulation as paragraph (1) of that regulation, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:

“(2) A designation of a warrant officer as a junior disciplinary officer or senior disciplinary officer, or of a military expert of the rank of ME3 as a junior disciplinary officer, shall be in writing and shall contain the name of the designated warrant officer or military expert or a designation of him by reference to his appointment or the duties he performs.”.

Amendment of regulation 14

3. Regulation 14 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(1) Where a Senior Disciplinary Committee —

(a)	deals with a charge against an officer of and above the rank of brigadier-general or rear admiral (one-star), or a senior military expert of the rank of ME8; or
(b)	in any case referred to it by the Armed Forces Council under section 75(4)(a)(ii) of the Act, deals with a charge against an officer of the rank of colonel, or a senior military expert of the rank of ME7,

the Senior Disciplinary Committee shall deal with the charge in the best manner that is calculated to achieve the ends of justice.”.

Amendment of regulation 28

4. Regulation 28 of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “master sergeant” wherever they appear in the regulation (including the regulation heading), the words “or ME2”.

Amendment of regulation 29

5. Regulation 29 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “an officer cadet” and substituting the words “servicemen holding trainee ranks which are equivalent to the rank of private”.

Deletion and substitution of regulation 30

6. Regulation 30 of the principal Regulations is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:

“Other minor punishments for officer cadets and military expert senior trainees

30.—(1) A junior disciplinary officer or a senior disciplinary officer may, in lieu of awarding any of the minor punishments mentioned in regulation 29, award to an officer cadet or a military expert senior trainee any one of the following minor punishments:

(a)	removal from appointment;
(b)	in the case of an officer cadet, restriction of cadet privileges (not exceeding 28 days);
(c)	in the case of a military expert senior trainee, restriction of military expert senior trainee privileges (not exceeding 28 days);
(d)	stoppage of dining-out leave.

(2) In this regulation and regulations 34 and 35, “officer cadet” includes a midshipman.”.

Amendment of regulation 34

7. Regulation 34 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by inserting, immediately after the words “An officer cadet” in paragraph (1), the words “or a military expert senior trainee”; and
(b)	by inserting, immediately after the word “privileges” in the regulation heading, the words “and restriction of military expert senior trainee privileges”.

Amendment of regulation 35

8. Regulation 35 of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “An officer cadet”, the words “or a military expert senior trainee”.

Made this 25th day of March 2010.

TAN KOK YAM

Secretary,
Armed Forces Council,
Singapore.

[MINDEF 4-4/26-3-5/HCL; AG/LLRD/SL/295/2010/7 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 207 of the Singapore Armed Forces Act).

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