Singapore legislation
Clause 62
Clause 62
Conviction of less offence permissible on charge of greater
(1)
An accused charged before a court-martial with theft may be found guilty of criminal breach of trust or criminal misappropriation of property.
(2)
An accused charged before a court-martial with criminal breach of trust may be found guilty of theft or criminal misappropriation of property.
(3)
An accused charged before a court-martial with desertion may be found guilty of attempting to desert or of being absent without leave.
(4)
An accused charged before a court-martial with attempting to desert may be found guilty of being absent without leave.
(5)
An accused charged before a court-martial with striking may be found guilty of using or offering violence.
(6)
An accused charged before a court-martial with using violence may be found guilty of offering violence.
(7)
An accused charged before a court-martial with using threatening language may be found guilty of using insubordinate language.
(8)
An accused charged before a court-martial with an offence under this Act may, on failure of proof of an offence being committed under circumstances involving a higher degree of punishment, be found guilty of the same offence as being committed under circumstances involving a less degree of punishment.
(9)
Where an accused is charged before a court-martial with a civil offence and the charge is one upon which, if he had been tried by a civil court in Singapore for such an offence committed in Singapore, he might have been found guilty of any other offence, the court-martial shall have power to find him guilty of that offence.