Singapore legislation
Clause 114
Clause 114
Scale of punishments, etc.
(1)
The punishments which may be awarded by sentence of a subordinate military court under this Act are, subject to the provisions of this section —
death;
imprisonment;
discharge with ignominy;
dismissal;
detention for a term not exceeding two years;
reduction in rank except that an officer shall not be reduced below the rank of second lieutenant;
forfeiture of seniority of rank and forfeiture of all or any part of his service for purposes of promotion;
a fine;
in the case of an offence which has occasioned any expense, loss or damage, deduction of pay;
reprimand;
such minor punishments as may from time to time be authorised by the Armed Forces Council in regulations,and references in this Act to any punishment provided by this Act are, subject to the limitation imposed in any particular case by the addition of the word “less” are references to any one or more of the said punishments.
(2)
For the purposes of this Part a punishment specified in subsection (1) of this section shall be treated as less than the punishments specified in the paragraphs preceding that paragraph and greater than those specified in the paragraphs following that paragraph except that detention shall not be deemed to be a less punishment than imprisonment if the term of detention is longer than the term of imprisonment.
(3)
A person sentenced to death by a subordinate military court shall also be sentenced to discharge with ignominy.
(4)
An officer sentenced by a subordinate military court to imprisonment or detention shall also be sentenced to discharge with ignominy but if the subordinate military court fails to give effect to this subsection the sentence shall not be invalid but shall be deemed to include a sentence of discharge with ignominy from the Singapore Armed Forces.