Singapore legislation
Clause 23
Clause 23
Amendment of section 129
Section 129 of the SAF Act is amended —
by inserting, immediately after the words “an address” in subsection (4), the words “, a fax number or an electronic mail address”; and
by deleting subsection (5) and substituting the following subsection:“(5) When a notice of appeal has been lodged, the registrar of the Military Court of Appeal must cause a copy of the grounds of decision in the case signed by the president of the subordinate military court and a copy of the record of proceedings (called in this subsection the appeal documents) to be served on the appellant or the appellant’s counsel —
by delivering the appeal documents at the address mentioned in the notice of appeal to —
the appellant;
where the appellant is not present at the address and the address is a business address — the appellant’s counsel or any other adult person present at the address; or
where the appellant is not present at the address and the address is a residential address — an adult person who is a member of the appellant’s family;
by posting the appeal documents by registered post addressed to the appellant or the appellant’s counsel (as the case may be) at the address mentioned in the notice of appeal;
by addressing the appeal documents to the appellant or the appellant’s counsel (as the case may be), and transmitting the documents by fax to the fax number mentioned in the notice of appeal;
by addressing the appeal documents to the appellant or the appellant’s counsel (as the case may be), and transmitting the documents to the electronic mail address mentioned in the notice of appeal; or
by any other prescribed method.”.