Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Military Offences
39. Offences by officer, etc., serving in ship involved in convoying and protection of vessel
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Every officer, warrant officer or military expert of or above the rank of ME3 who while serving in a ship of the Singapore Armed Forces involved in the convoying and protection of a vessel —
officer
“officer” means a person appointed by the President of Singapore or the proper authority to hold the rank of officer in the Singapore Armed Forces and includes any person commissioned as an officer under any written law that is repealed by this Act;
fails to defend a vessel or goods in his or her convoy;
refuses to fight in the defence of a vessel in his or her convoy when it is attacked; or
cowardly abandons or exposes a vessel in his or her convoy to hazards,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to suffer death or any less punishment authorised by this Act.
military court
“military court” means a general court martial or the Military Court of Appeal.