Singapore legislation

Clause 5

of Singapore Armed Forces (Amendment) Bill

Clause 5

Amendment of section 73

Section 73 of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting immediately after subsection (3) thereof the following subsections: —“(4) When the Armed Forces Council has in any case quashed the finding, sentence, order of dismissal of a charge or award of compensation of a disciplinary officer under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section it may refer the case to be retried by the same or another disciplinary officer.(5) The Armed Forces Council may at any time suspend the execution of any sentence passed by a disciplinary officer for such period as it thinks fit.”.