Singapore legislation
Regulation 10
of Singapore Armed Forces (Subordinate Military Courts) Regulations 2004
Regulation 10
Duties of convening authority of field general court martial
Subregulation 1
The convening authority of a field general court martial shall —
constitute the field general court martial in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3);
if he considers that a judge advocate should be appointed to officiate in a trial before the field general court martial, take steps to procure the appointment of the judge advocate;
upon constituting the field general court martial, issue a convening order in the appropriate form set out in the Second Schedule;
appoint the date, time and place for the trial before the field general court martial; and
take steps to procure the attendance before the field general court martial of —
all witnesses to be called for the prosecution; and
subject to paragraph (4), all witnesses whose attendance the accused has reasonably requested in accordance with regulation 12.
Subregulation 2
The convening authority shall —
appoint the president of the field general court martial by name; and
appoint the other members of the field general court martial —
by name; or
by detailing a commanding officer to appoint those members from amongst officers and senior military experts of one or more specified ranks.
Subregulation 3
The convening authority shall ensure that every person whom he appoints to serve in a court under paragraph (2) —
is qualified under section 83 of the Act to serve in that court; and
is not disqualified under section 84 of the Act from serving in that court.
Subregulation 4
The convening authority may require an accused to defray or to undertake to defray, as the convening authority thinks fit, the cost of the attendance of a witness whose attendance the accused has requested in accordance with regulation 12, and if the accused refuses to defray or to undertake to defray, as the case may be, such cost, the convening authority shall not be obliged to take any further steps to procure the attendance of that witness.