Clause 37

Every person having become subject to military law, who having been discharged with disgrace from the Singapore armed forces or from any Commonwealth force has afterwards enlisted in the Singapore armed forces without declaring the circumstances of his discharge, or dismissal, shall be liable on conviction by court-martial to suffer imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.

For the purpose of this section, the expression “discharged with disgrace” means discharged with ignominy, discharged for misconduct, or discharged on account of conviction for an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term of not less than two years.