Singapore legislation
Clause 17
Clause 17
Savings and transitional provisions
(1)
Sections 6 and 9 to 14 of this Act shall not apply in relation to any trial before any general court martial that was convened before the appointed day, and the provisions of the principal Act governing any trial before any general court martial that were in force immediately before that day shall apply in relation to that trial as if this Act had not been enacted.
(2)
Where any trial before any general court martial that was convened before the appointed day continues on or after that day —
the members of that court shall continue to hold office as such until —
the court has announced its decision under section 92 of the principal Act; and
the president of the court and every member of the court who is so required by the president has recorded his judgment or grounds for decision under section 86(4) of the principal Act; and
nothing in this Act shall affect the validity of the proceedings before that court.
(3)
Where, before the appointed day, the Director, Legal Services of the Singapore Armed Forces has directed, under section 67(a), 72(9), 77(2)(a) or 179(2)(b) of the principal Act, that a charge or charge-sheet be submitted to the convening authority, the Director, Legal Services of the Singapore Armed Forces shall be deemed to have directed that the charge be tried by a subordinate military court.
(4)
In this section, “appointed day” means the date of commencement of this Act.