Singapore Armed Forces Act
(CHAPTER 295, Section 205)
Singapore Armed Forces (Detention and Imprisonment) Regulations
Rg 3
G.N. No. S 119/2003

REVISED EDITION 2005
(31st March 2005)
[12th March 2003]
PART I
preliminary
Citation
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Singapore Armed Forces (Detention and Imprisonment) Regulations.
Definitions
2.  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“close arrest” means the arrest and custody of a serviceman in any detention barrack or designated place pending investigation or trial;
“close arrestee” means a serviceman under close arrest;
“Commandant” means an officer appointed by the Director, Manpower to manage a detention barrack or military prison;
“Commander, SAF MP Command” means the Commander of the Singapore Armed Forces Military Police Command at the relevant time;
[S 370/2008 wef 01/09/2006]
“detainee” means a serviceman under sentence and in custody in a detention barrack;
“detention barrack” means a place designated for the custody of —
(a)servicemen sentenced to detention by disciplinary officers or a subordinate military court; and
(b)servicemen under close arrest;
“military prison” means a place designated for the custody of servicemen sentenced to imprisonment by a subordinate military court;
“military prisoner” means a serviceman under any sentence of imprisonment imposed by a subordinate military court;
“serviceman under sentence” means a serviceman under a sentence of detention imposed by a disciplinary officer or a subordinate military court.