Singapore legislation

Clause 114

of Singapore Army Bill

Clause 114

Stoppages from ordinary pay of officers

The following deductions may be made from the ordinary pay due to an officer of the Singapore armed forces: —

(a)

all ordinary pay due to an officer who absents himself without leave or over-stays the period for which leave of absence has been granted to him, unless a satisfactory explanation has been given through the commanding officer of such officer, and has been approved by the Army Board;

(b)

the sum required to make good such compensation for any expenses, loss, damage or destruction occasioned by the commission of any offence as may be awarded by the court-martial by whom he is convicted of such offence or by the authority dealing summarily with the charge under section 53;

(c)

the sum required to make good the pay of any officer or soldier which he has unlawfully retained or unlawfully refused to pay;

(d)

the sum required to make good any loss, damage, or destruction of public, regimental or garrison property or property belonging to the Army Board, which, after due investigation, appears to the Army Board to have been occasioned by any wrongful act or negligence on the part of the officer;

(e)

any sum in respect of the maintenance of the officer’s wife or child, or of any illegitimate child, or towards the cost of any relief given by way of loan to his wife or child.