Singapore legislation

Section 117

of Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972

Section 117

Power to order a re‑trial

(1)

The reviewing authority has and may exercise all the powers of the Military Court of Appeal to order a re‑trial conferred upon that Court by sections 149 and 150 and those sections apply with any necessary modification to a review by the reviewing authority under this section.

(2)

Regulations made under this Act may provide for the procedure to be followed on a review of a finding or sentence by the reviewing authority.

(3)

Any order for a re‑trial under this section operates to extinguish any appeal by the accused to the Military Court of Appeal.