Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Punishments of Military Offences and Execution of Sentences
122. Sentence of detention or special detention in disciplinary barrack
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A person must not in any event be required to serve any part of a sentence of detention in a military or civil prison except that in such cases and subject to such conditions as may be specified in any regulations made under this Act a person serving such a sentence may be temporarily detained in a military or civil prison for any period not exceeding 7 days and thereafter must be transferred to detention barracks.
civil prison
“civil prison” means a prison declared as a prison under section 3 of the Prisons Act 1933;
A person sentenced to special detention in a disciplinary barrack must, unless otherwise provided for in any regulations made under this Act, serve the person’s sentence in a disciplinary barrack.
disciplinary barrack
“disciplinary barrack” means any premises or place set apart by the Armed Forces Council for the purposes of persons serving sentences of special detention in a disciplinary barrack;