Singapore legislation
Clause 25
Clause 25
Permitting escape of person in custody
Every person subject to military law who —
(a)
when in command of a guard, piquet, patrol, or post, releases without proper authority whether wilfully or otherwise, any person committed to his charge; or
(b)
wilfully or without reasonable excuse allows to escape any person who is committed to his charge, or whom it is his duty to keep or guard,shall be liable on conviction by court-martial, if he has acted wilfully, to suffer imprisonment, or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned:Provided that except where a person has acted wilfully he shall not be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term exceeding two years.