Types of court martial that consist of any number of members not less than three (3).
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81.—(1) The general courts martial consist of the following courts:
[17/2004] (2) Every general court martial is constituted —
(3) A judge court martial consists of a president, who must be a qualified person and, subject to subsection (6)(a), an officer of or above the rank of major or a senior military expert of or above the rank of ME5. [17/2004; 28/2009] (4) A panel court martial consists of the following members:
(5) Where a panel court martial is constituted for the trial of a non‑uniformed serviceman, the members mentioned in subsection (4)(b) may include, in place of the corresponding number of officers or senior military experts, not more than 2 non‑uniformed servicemen in officer grades. [17/2004; 28/2009] (6) Where the accused is of or above the rank of lieutenant‑colonel or ME6 —
(7) Where the accused is charged with —
and the charge is to be tried by a general court martial, the accused must be tried before a panel court martial and the president of the panel court martial must be a Supreme Court Judge appointed by the Chief Justice. [17/2004; 40/2019] (8) Where none of the members of a panel court martial is a qualified person, a judge advocate designated by the convening authority must officiate in any trial before that court in accordance with regulations of procedure made under section 93. [17/2004] (9) Subject to subsection (7), every general court martial has jurisdiction to try any person subject to military law for any offence under this Act and to award for the offence any punishment authorised by this Act. [17/2004] (10) Unless the Director, Legal Services of the Singapore Armed Forces directs otherwise, where a charge is to be tried by a general court martial, the charge must be tried by a panel court martial. [17/2004] (11) Subject to subsection (7), where, before the start of any trial before a general court martial —
the convening authority may designate another person from the general courts martial panel to fill the vacancy. [17/2004] (12) Subject to subsection (13), any question as to —
must be decided by a panel court martial in accordance with the opinion of the majority of the members of that court. [17/2004] (13) Where the accused is charged with any offence for which the punishment of death is authorised under any written law —
(14) Where the convening authority has authorised the registrar for subordinate military courts or any other person to exercise the powers conferred and perform the duties imposed on the convening authority under subsection (2), (8) or (11), the registrar or person is entitled to exercise those powers and perform those duties. [17/2004] What is a short martial?Current Solution: The Short-Martial
The short-martial saves the Government prosecutors hours of work by avoiding a trial by members and reduces the amount of quirks that can occur with a jury trial.
What is the lowest level of courtA summary court-martial is the lowest level of court-martial available. It is designed to promptly resolve minor offenses under a simple procedure. While it has lower maximum punishments than the other two types of court-martial, it also has fewer rights for the accused (that is, you, the person facing the charges).
What is a full courtA court martial is a legal proceeding for military members that is similar to a civilian court trial. It is usually reserved for serious criminal offenses like felonies. For less serious criminal offenses or breaches of military decorum and regulations, a Non-Judicial Punishment (NJP) is usually held.
What is a summary court1. What is a Summary Court-Martial (SCM)? It is a streamlined trial with one officer (summary court-martial officer (SCMO)) functioning as prosecutor, defense counsel, judge and panel (jury). SCMs dispose of minor offenses. A conviction at SCM is not treated as a criminal conviction by civilian jurisdictions.
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