Section 15

Subject to this section, sections 123, 167 and 168 of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972 (which relate to the apprehension, custody and delivery into military custody of deserters and absentees without leave from the Singapore Armed Forces) shall within Singapore apply in relation to deserters and absentees without leave from the forces of any country to which this section applies as they apply in relation to deserters and absentees without leave from the Singapore Armed Forces.

The powers conferred by sections 123, 167 and 168 of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972 as applied by subsection (1) shall not be exercised in relation to a person except in compliance with a request (whether specific or general) of the appropriate authority of the country to which he belongs.

In sections 123, 167 and 168 of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972 as applied by subsection (1), references to the delivery of a person into military custody shall be construed as references to the handing over of that person to such authority of the country to which he belongs, at such place in Singapore as may be designated by the appropriate authority of that country.

In this section, references to the country to which a person belongs are references to the country from whose forces he is suspected of being or (where he has surrendered himself) appears from his confession to be a deserter or absentee without leave.