Singapore legislation
Section 39
Section 39
Offences by officer, etc., serving in ship involved in convoying and protection of vessel
Amended by28/2009
Every officer, warrant officer or military expert of or above the rank of ME3 who while serving in a ship of the Singapore Armed Forces involved in the convoying and protection of a vessel —
(a)
fails to defend a vessel or goods in his or her convoy;
(b)
refuses to fight in the defence of a vessel in his or her convoy when it is attacked; or
(c)
cowardly abandons or exposes a vessel in his or her convoy to hazards,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to suffer death or any less punishment authorised by this Act.