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Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Summary Trial by Disciplinary Officers and Composition of Military Offences

60. Interpretation of this Part

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Last amended by an amending law of 2022. 2 amendments in all.

In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —“authorised composition officer” means a serviceman authorised to compound offences under section 79A(1);“detachment” means a part of a unit so separated from the unit to which it belongs that the senior disciplinary officer of that unit cannot effectively exercise his or her disciplinary powers over it;“formation” means a brigade or its equivalent in the navy, air force or digital and intelligence service, or any equivalent body of servicemen;“junior disciplinary officer” means, except where otherwise expressly provided, any officer, warrant officer or military expert of or above the rank of ME3 —

(a)

who is in command of a squadron, battery or company or an equivalent sub-unit; or

(b)

in whom a senior disciplinary officer has vested the powers of a junior disciplinary officer for the purposes of discipline;“reversion in rank” means reverting a soldier from a temporary rank to the next substantive rank;“Senior Disciplinary Committee” means a Senior Disciplinary Committee appointed under section 72;“senior disciplinary officer” means —

(a)

any officer, warrant officer or senior military expert who is —

(i)

in command of a base or unit; or

(ii)

designated by the Armed Forces Council as a senior disciplinary officer for the purposes of discipline; or

(b)

a commander of a detachment;“superior commander” means any officer or senior military expert who is —

(a)

in command of a command or formation; or

(b)

designated by the Armed Forces Council as a superior commander for the purposes of discipline;“unit” means a battalion or its equivalent in the navy, air force or digital and intelligence service, or any equivalent body of servicemen.

“authorised composition officer” means a serviceman authorised to compound offences under section 79A(1);

“detachment” means a part of a unit so separated from the unit to which it belongs that the senior disciplinary officer of that unit cannot effectively exercise his or her disciplinary powers over it;

“formation” means a brigade or its equivalent in the navy, air force or digital and intelligence service, or any equivalent body of servicemen;

“junior disciplinary officer” means, except where otherwise expressly provided, any officer, warrant officer or military expert of or above the rank of ME3 —

(a)

who is in command of a squadron, battery or company or an equivalent sub-unit; or

(b)

in whom a senior disciplinary officer has vested the powers of a junior disciplinary officer for the purposes of discipline;

“reversion in rank” means reverting a soldier from a temporary rank to the next substantive rank;

“Senior Disciplinary Committee” means a Senior Disciplinary Committee appointed under section 72;

“senior disciplinary officer” means —

(a)

any officer, warrant officer or senior military expert who is —

(i)

in command of a base or unit; or

(ii)

designated by the Armed Forces Council as a senior disciplinary officer for the purposes of discipline; or

(b)

a commander of a detachment;

“superior commander” means any officer or senior military expert who is —

(a)

in command of a command or formation; or

(b)

designated by the Armed Forces Council as a superior commander for the purposes of discipline;

“unit” means a battalion or its equivalent in the navy, air force or digital and intelligence service, or any equivalent body of servicemen.

Terms defined in this Act

Armed Forces Council
Defined · s 2
“Armed Forces Council” means the Armed Forces Council established under section 8;
Open s 2
commander
Defined · s 2
“commander”, in relation to any person subject to military law, means an officer of or above the rank of captain or a senior military expert for the time being commanding a unit or units or part of a unit of the Singapore Armed Forces;
Open s 2
Committee
Defined · s 201A
“Committee” means the Committee appointed under section 201C(2);
Open s 201A
disciplinary officer
Defined · s 2
“disciplinary officer” means a junior disciplinary officer, a senior disciplinary officer and a superior commander each being qualified to be such or being designated as such pursuant to the provisions of Part 4 and includes a Service Chief and the Chief of Defence Force;
Open s 2
military expert
Defined · s 2
“military expert” means a serviceman in the military domain experts service;
Open s 2
officer
Defined · s 2
“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;
Open s 2
senior military expert
Defined · s 2
“senior military expert” means a military expert of or above the rank of ME4;
Open s 2
serviceman
Defined · s 2
“serviceman” means an officer, a soldier, a military expert or a non‑uniformed serviceman of the Singapore Armed Forces, and includes a servicewoman;
Open s 2
soldier
Defined · s 2
“soldier” means any person, other than an officer, a senior military expert or a non‑uniformed serviceman, who is a member of the Singapore Armed Forces, and includes any such person who is a servicewoman;
Open s 2
warrant officer
Defined · s 2
“warrant officer” means a person appointed by the Armed Forces Council or the proper authority to hold the rank of warrant officer in the Singapore Armed Forces.
Open s 2