On 22/05/2013,
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incorporating all amendments published on or before 22/05/2013.
The closest version currently available is that of 01/08/2012.
72.
—(1) A charge against an officer of or above the rank of brigadier-general or rear admiral (one-star), or a senior military expert of the rank of ME8, may be dealt with summarily by a Senior Disciplinary Committee appointed by the Chairman of the Armed Forces Council for that purpose.
[1/94; 10/2000]
[28/2009 wef 01/04/2010]
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a Senior Disciplinary Committee shall have the power to deal with a charge against an officer of the rank of colonel, or a senior military expert of the rank of ME7, in any case referred to it by the Armed Forces Council under section 75(4)(a)(ii).
[1/94; 10/2000]
[28/2009 wef 01/04/2010]
(3) The Senior Disciplinary Committee shall consist of not less than 3 members of the Armed Forces Council or any other uneven number, the majority of whom shall be members of the Singapore Armed Forces.
[1/94]
(4) The members of the Senior Disciplinary Committee shall be equivalent or superior in rank to the accused or shall each be holding an appointment equivalent or superior to that held by the accused.
[28/2009 wef 01/04/2010]
(4A) The seniority of such appointments shall be determined by the Chairman of the Armed Forces Council.
[1/94]
(5) The Senior Disciplinary Committee may —
(a)
dismiss the charge if it is of the opinion that the charge ought not to be proceeded with; or
(b)
deal with the case summarily and upon conviction of the accused, impose any one or all of the following punishments:
(i)
forfeiture of seniority of rank and forfeiture of all or any part of service for purposes of promotion;
(ii)
a fine not exceeding a sum of $10,000; or
(iii)
reprimand.
[1/94]
[6/2006 wef 21/02/2006]
(6) In addition to or in lieu of any other punishment, the Senior Disciplinary Committee may order that the accused shall suffer any deduction from his ordinary pay authorised by this Act.
[1/94]
(7) Where the Senior Disciplinary Committee considers under this section that the accused should be tried by a subordinate military court, the Committee shall refer the charge to the Director, Legal Services of the Singapore Armed Forces.
[1/94]
(8) Where the Senior Disciplinary Committee has proceeded to deal with a case summarily under this section and is satisfied on the evidence as to the guilt of the accused, the Committee shall, before proceeding to conviction and punishment other than a reprimand, afford the accused an opportunity of electing to be tried by a subordinate military court.
(9) If the accused so elects, the Committee shall refer the charge to the Director, Legal Services of the Singapore Armed Forces who shall direct that the charge be tried by a subordinate military court.
(10) Every decision of the Senior Disciplinary Committee shall be in accordance with the opinion of the majority of the members dealing with the case.
[1/94]