Singapore legislation

Clause 27

of Civil Defence (Amendment) Bill

Clause 27

Offence by or in relation to person on guard or on watch

(1)

A person who, while on guard duty or on watch, —

(a)

sleeps at his post or on watch;

(b)

not being on duty at a post, sleeps when his duty requires him to be awake;

(c)

is drunk; or

(d)

leaves his post or otherwise absents himself from a place where it is his duty to be,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or any other punishment authorised by this Act.

(2)

In this section, “a person on guard duty” shall have the same meaning as in section 26.

(3)

For the purposes of this section, a person shall be deemed to be drunk if, and only if, his faculties are, by reason of being under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a drug, so impaired that —

(a)

it would be imprudent to trust him, or to allow him to continue, with the discharge of his duties; or

(b)

he is unfit for the discharge of his duties.

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