Singapore legislation
Regulation 5
Regulation 5
Disciplinary proceedings against officer below rank of inspector
Subregulation 1
When a police officer below the rank of inspector has been charged, disciplinary proceedings shall be conducted by a disciplinary officer authorised in that behalf without undue delay.
Subregulation 2
Every charge shall be read and explained to the officer concerned and he shall be asked if he pleads guilty or claims to be tried.
Subregulation 3
If there are 2 or more charges, the officer concerned shall be called upon to plead separately to each charge, and his reply shall be clearly and separately recorded in respect of each charge.
Subregulation 4
A charge may be amended or altered at any time before the finding.
Subregulation 5
Every alteration made to the charge shall be read and explained to the officer concerned and he shall be called upon to plead anew to the altered charge and to justify any demand he may make for additional time to prepare his defence.
Subregulation 6
If the officer concerned pleads guilty, the disciplinary officer conducting the disciplinary proceedings may accept the plea and record a conviction against him and impose on such officer such punishment as the disciplinary officer is empowered by the Act to impose, except that where the disciplinary officer conducting the disciplinary proceedings considers that the officer should be dismissed or retired from the Police Force, the disciplinary officer shall forward the record of the proceedings with his recommendations to the disciplinary officer’s commanding officer for sentence.
Subregulation 7
If the officer concerned claims to be tried, all the evidence shall be given in his presence and all exhibits may be seen by him, and the officer concerned —
shall be allowed to cross-examine all witnesses for the prosecution;
may give evidence in his defence and call any witness to give evidence on his behalf; and
as well as his witnesses, may be cross-examined by the prosecution.
Subregulation 8
Evidence shall not ordinarily be taken down in the form of question and answer, but in the form of a narrative, and the disciplinary officer conducting the disciplinary proceedings may in his discretion take down any particular question and answer.
Subregulation 9
The evidence of each witness shall be signed and dated by the disciplinary officer conducting the disciplinary proceedings and by the interpreter, if any.
Subregulation 10
If the disciplinary officer conducting the disciplinary proceedings makes a finding of not guilty, he shall acquit the officer concerned immediately.
Subregulation 11
If the disciplinary officer conducting the disciplinary proceedings makes a finding of guilty, he shall record a conviction against the officer concerned and shall impose on that officer such punishment as he is empowered by the Act to impose.