Singapore legislation
Regulation 7
of Singapore Armed Forces (Subordinate Military Courts) Regulations 2004
Regulation 7
Preparation of charge-sheets
Subregulation 1
Where the Director, Legal Services of the Singapore Armed Forces has directed that a charge be tried by a judge court martial or panel court martial, he or a prosecutor acting under his direction shall prepare the charge-sheet and send it to —
the convening authority for general courts martial or, where the convening authority has authorised any person other than the registrar for subordinate military courts to perform the duties imposed on the convening authority under section 81 (2), (8) or (11) of the Act or regulation 9, that person; and
the registrar for subordinate military courts.
Subregulation 2
Where the Director, Legal Services of the Singapore Armed Forces has directed that a charge be tried by a field general court martial, he or a prosecutor acting under his direction shall prepare the charge-sheet and send it to —
the convening authority for that field general court martial; and
the serviceman appointed under section 83(6) of the Act to perform the functions of the registrar of that field general court martial.
Subregulation 3
Where —
the Military Court of Appeal has made an order authorising a retrial under sections 149 and 150 of the Act; or
the reviewing authority has made an order for a retrial under section 117 read with sections 149 and 150 of the Act,the Director, Legal Services of the Singapore Armed Forces or a prosecutor acting under his direction shall prepare the charge-sheet, and the accused shall be retried, in accordance with section 149(3) of the Act and with any direction or directions which may have been given by the Military Court of Appeal or reviewing authority, as the case may be, under section 149(4) of the Act.