Singapore legislation
Section 11
Section 11
Rules for firing grounds
(1)
The Armed Forces Council may make rules for securing the safety of the public during the use of any firing ground for the purposes of military or air force exercises, and may, by those rules, among other things —
exclude all persons not engaged in the military or air force exercises from the whole or any part of the firing ground;
regulate the conduct of any persons permitted to be within the firing ground while the exercises are being carried on; and
prescribe a penalty not exceeding $2,000 or 6 months’ imprisonment or both for any contravention of any rule.
(2)
All such rules shall be published in the Gazette, and copies of the rules in Malay, Chinese, Tamil and English shall be posted in at least 3 conspicuous places within or near the firing ground.
(3)
If any such rules injuriously affect or obstruct the exercise of any private right of any person in or over any sea, tidal water or shore, that person shall be entitled to compensation, and the compensation shall, in case of dispute, be ascertained in the manner provided by section 13.
(4)
Any such rules which affect any public right shall be presented to Parliament and shall not come into force until approved, with or without amendment, by a resolution of Parliament. For the purposes of this subsection, “public right” means any right of navigation, anchoring or fishing.
(5)
Where an area to which rules made under this section apply consists of any sea or tidal water, or the shore thereof, and the boundaries of the area cannot, in the opinion of the Armed Forces Council, be conveniently marked by permanent marks, those boundaries shall be deemed to be sufficiently marked for the purposes of this Act if sufficient means are taken to warn the public from entering the area.
(6)
Any officer, warrant officer, non-commissioned officer or military policeman of the Singapore Armed Forces or any police officer may arrest without warrant any person found in any firing ground in contravention of the rules made under this section and may remove him and any animal or vehicle under his charge.