Singapore legislation

Clause 19

Limitation of time for trial of offences under this Act

(1)

Subject to subsection (2) and except in respect of the service offences mentioned in subsection (3), no person shall be liable to be tried by a disciplinary officer unless his trial begins before the expiration of a period of 6 months from the day upon which the service offence was alleged to have been committed.

(2)

A person may be tried by a disciplinary officer within 3 years of the date of commission of the offence if he is a reservist.

(3)

Every person who is subject to this Act at the time of the alleged commission by him of a service offence of desertion or absence without leave shall continue to be liable to be charged, dealt with and tried at any time under this Act.

(4)

In calculating the period of limitation referred to in subsection (1), there shall not be included —

(a)

time during which a person was serving sentence in a prison;

(b)

any period of absence caused by his detention in a drug rehabilitation centre or at any other place pursuant to the provisions of any other written law; and

(c)

any period of absence in respect of which a person has been found guilty by a disciplinary officer of desertion or absence without leave.

(5)

Nothing in this section shall affect the jurisdiction of a court to try any person for any service offence committed by him.

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