Singapore legislation

Clause 31

of Singapore Armed Forces and Other Matters Bill

Clause 31

Amendment of section 70

Section 70 of the Civil Defence Act 1986 is amended by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Before an allegation against a person subject to this Act (called in this Act the accused) that he or she has committed a service offence is further proceeded with, the allegation must —

(a)

if the accused is a public officer — be reported in the form of a charge to a disciplinary officer and dealt with in accordance with the provisions of this Part; or

(b)

if the accused is not a public officer —

(i)

be reported in the form of a charge to a disciplinary officer and dealt with in accordance with the provisions of this Part; or

(ii)

be referred to a member or public officer authorised by the Commissioner to compound service offences for composition of the offence under section 85A.”.

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