PART 1
PRELIMINARY
Short title and commencement
1.—(1)  This Act is the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972.
(2)  Sections 199 and 200 come into operation on a date that the Minister appoints by
notification in the Gazette.
Interpretation
2.—(1)  In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“aircraft” means any machine for flying whether propelled by mechanical means
or not and includes any description of balloon;
“Armed Forces Council” means the Armed Forces Council established under
section 8;
“arms” includes parts and accessories of arms, ammunition, explosives whether
encased or not and instruments used as aids to operation or adjustment of arms,
whether the arms are serviceable or not;
“arrest” includes open arrest;
“before the enemy”, in relation to a person, means that the person is in action
against the enemy or about to go into action against the enemy or is under
attack or threat of imminent attack by the enemy;
“civil court” means a court of ordinary criminal jurisdiction constituted under any
written law in force relating to courts;
“civil offence” means an offence punishable under any written law in force other
than a military offence;
“civil prison” means a prison declared as a prison under section 3 of the Prisons
Act 1933;
“commander”, in relation to any person subject to military law, means an officer
of or above the rank of NAME_1 or a senior military expert for the time being
commanding a unit or units or part of a unit of the Singapore Armed Forces;
“convening authority” means —
(a) in the case of a general court martial — the officer of or above the
rank of major, or the senior military expert of or above the rank of
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