Singapore legislation
Clause 11
Clause 11
Amendment of section 87
Section 87 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsections (1) and (2) and substituting the following subsections:“(1) Subject to subsection (2), an oath or affirmation in the prescribed form shall be administered by the convening authority, or by any person appointed by the convening authority for this purpose, to each member of the general courts martial panel before the member assumes his office in a general court martial.(2) A Judge of the Supreme Court acting as president of a panel court martial shall take, in the presence of the Chief Justice, the oath or affirmation of allegiance in the prescribed form before he assumes his office in the panel court martial.(2A) In the case of a field general court martial, an oath or affirmation shall be administered —
by the president to every other member; and
to the president by any member already sworn,in the presence of the accused, after the court has assembled but before the accused is arraigned.(2B) An oath or affirmation in the prescribed form shall be administered by the president of a subordinate military court to any judge advocate officiating in a trial before the court in the presence of the accused, after the court has assembled but before the accused is arraigned.”.