Singapore legislation
Regulation 4
of Singapore Armed Forces (Arrests, Searches and Investigation of Offences) Regulations
Regulation 4
Delay reports
Subregulation 1
The report required by section 171(2) and (3) of the Act with regard to the necessity for further delay in bringing an accused to trial shall be in Form 1 set out in the Schedule.
Subregulation 2
The report shall be in quadruplicate and sent direct to —
in the case of the first copy — the officer responsible for convening the subordinate military court for the trial of the accused;
in the case of the second copy — the person appointed under section 82(5)(a) of the Act;
in the case of the third copy — the Regimentation and Discipline Branch of the Ministry of Defence; and
in the case of the fourth copy — be retained by the unit.
Subregulation 3
A person shall not be held under arrest for more than 72 days without being brought to trial unless a convening authority directs in writing that he shall not be released from arrest.
Subregulation 4
The direction that the person shall not be released from arrest is only to be given with the prior approval of the Director of Manpower.