Singapore legislation

Clause 10

Amendment of section 18

Section 18 of the Civil Defence Act is amended by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsections:“(1A) Subject to section 19, where a service offence under this Act has been committed, or is reasonably suspected of having been committed, by any person while subject to this Act, then the disciplinary officer or Disciplinary Board before whom the offence is triable may, under the authority of the Commissioner, order that person to report for trial for the offence as if that person continued to be subject to this Act despite the person ceasing at any time to be subject to this Act.(1B) Any person who fails to comply with any order under subsection (1A) —

(a)

is deemed to have failed to comply with a lawful order within the meaning of section 35(1); and

(b)

is liable to be arrested, proceeded against and punished for an offence under section 35(1) as if the person continued to be subject to this Act.”.

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