Singapore legislation
Regulation 2
Regulation 2
Definitions
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —“board” means a board of inquiry;“chairman” means the chairman of a board;“civil authority” includes a coroner and the civil police;“civilian witness” means a person who gives evidence before a board and is —
a person to whom section 3(c) and (d) of the Act applies; or
a person who is not subject to military law or the service law (which has the same meaning as in Part I of the Visiting Forces Act (Cap. 344)) of a visiting force, that is to say, any such body, contingent or detachment of the forces of any country as if for the time being a visiting force for the purpose of any of the provisions of that Act;“convening body”, in relation to a board of inquiry, means the Armed Forces Council or any person or body of persons appointed under the Act or prescribed by these Regulations to convene the board;“DXO officer” means a regular serviceman in the non-uniformed service holding a grade prescribed in the Singapore Armed Forces (DXO — Service Grades) Regulations 2002 (G.N. No. S 324/2002) as an officer grade;“formation” means a brigade or its equivalent in the maritime and air commands or any equivalent body of servicemen;[Deleted by S 323/2002 wef 01/07/2002]“record of proceedings”, in relation to a board, includes the report of the board and any opinion expressed by the board in accordance with any direction given by the convening body;“represented” means represented by an officer of the Singapore Armed Forces or by counsel (which means a person qualified within the meaning of the Legal Profession Act (Cap. 161)), and “representative” shall be construed accordingly.
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“board” means a board of inquiry;
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“chairman” means the chairman of a board;
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“civil authority” includes a coroner and the civil police;
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“civilian witness” means a person who gives evidence before a board and is —
a person to whom section 3(c) and (d) of the Act applies; or
a person who is not subject to military law or the service law (which has the same meaning as in Part I of the Visiting Forces Act (Cap. 344)) of a visiting force, that is to say, any such body, contingent or detachment of the forces of any country as if for the time being a visiting force for the purpose of any of the provisions of that Act;
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“convening body”, in relation to a board of inquiry, means the Armed Forces Council or any person or body of persons appointed under the Act or prescribed by these Regulations to convene the board;
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“DXO officer” means a regular serviceman in the non-uniformed service holding a grade prescribed in the Singapore Armed Forces (DXO — Service Grades) Regulations 2002 (G.N. No. S 324/2002) as an officer grade;
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“formation” means a brigade or its equivalent in the maritime and air commands or any equivalent body of servicemen;
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“record of proceedings”, in relation to a board, includes the report of the board and any opinion expressed by the board in accordance with any direction given by the convening body;
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“represented” means represented by an officer of the Singapore Armed Forces or by counsel (which means a person qualified within the meaning of the Legal Profession Act (Cap. 161)), and “representative” shall be construed accordingly.