Clause 3

by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(a)exclude all persons not engaged in the military or air force exercises from the whole or any part of the firing ground;”;

by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (b) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(c)prescribed a penalty not exceeding two thousand dollars or six months’ imprisonment or both for any contravention of any rule.”; and

by deleting subsections (5) and (6) and substituting the following subsections:“(5) Where an area to which rules made under this section apply consists of any sea or tidal water, or the shore thereof, and the boundaries of the area cannot, in the opinion of the Armed Forces Council, be conveniently marked by permanent marks, those boundaries shall be deemed to be sufficiently marked for the purposes of this Act if sufficient means are taken to warn the public from entering the area.(6) Any officer, warrant officer, non-commissioned officer or military policeman of the Singapore Armed Forces or any police officer may arrest without warrant any person found in any firing ground in contravention of the rules made under this section and may remove him and any animal or vehicle under his charge.”.