Singapore legislation

Clause 20

of Singapore Armed Forces and Other Matters Bill

Clause 20

Amendment of section 112

Section 112 of the SAF Act is amended by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Subject to subsection (2), every person subject to military law who commits any offence which when committed in Singapore or elsewhere is punishable by any written law of Singapore shall, if charged under this section with any such offence, be liable to be tried by a subordinate military court and on conviction to be punished with either —

(a)

any punishment that may be awarded to the person under this Act in respect of an act, conduct or neglect to the prejudice of good order or discipline; or

(b)

any punishment that may be awarded for the offence under that written law, had the person been convicted by a civil court for the offence and, in addition to or in lieu of such punishment, one or more of the punishments specified in section 118(1)(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (j), (k) and (l), and any punishment which may be imposed under section 118(10), (11), (13) and (14), which is or are not prescribed by the written law for the offence.”.

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