Singapore legislation
Clause 5
Clause 5
New sections 18A to 18E
The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 18, the following sections: —“Decision on appeal18A. On appeal under section 17 or 18 a commanding officer or the Commissioner, as the case may be, may —
dismiss the appeal;
allow the appeal and quash the decision; or
impose such other punishment as he thinks fit except that the punishment so imposed shall not in any event be greater or more severe than that originally imposed.Commencement of sentence of detention18B. A term of detention imposed under section 17 or 18 shall take effect from the date on which it was passed unless the officer passing the sentence otherwise directs.Sentence of detention18C. A person sentenced to detention under this Act shall, unless otherwise provided for in any regulations made thereunder, serve his sentence in detention barracks.Provisions as to persons unlawfully at large18D.—
Any person who, having been sentenced to detention under this Act, is at large may (without prejudice to any other power of arrest) be arrested by any police officer without warrant and taken to any place in which he may be required to be detained in accordance with this Act or any regulations made thereunder.(2) Where any person sentenced to detention under this Act is at large at any time during the period for which he is liable to be detained in pursuance of the sentence, no account shall be taken, in calculating the period for which he is liable to be so detained, of any time elapsing after he was at large and before he is taken into custody or he is received into a detention barrack.Recovery of compensation18E. An order for payment of compensation made under section 17 or 18 shall not prejudice any right to any civil remedy for the recovery of damages beyond the amount of compensation paid under the order.”.