Jurisdiction of SAF during overseas training.
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I was wondering if you done a military offence while undergoing overseas exercise.... would the charges against you stick if you contest them from summary trial to Court martial.
SAF can say since you are in X-country doing something for SAF, you are still under SAF jurisdiction.
But we can say.... the very act of charging a serviceman is provided for in the SAF Act which is a Singapore law which does not have jurisdiction in X-country.
So doing something wrong in X-country falls within X-country's jurisdiction.
Lets say during a Nav-ex, a serviceman decided to call it quits, change into CV and walk off. It would be "AWOL" Case. he decided to return to the overseas base a few days later and claim that SAF Act does not apply overseas.
Will charges of AWOL against him stick if he contests the summary trial and his case is upgraded to Court Martial?
I do not think he broken any X-country laws yet since his admission to the country is legal and the activities are legal. -
not really, unless i forget, when we go overseas for ex, we do not chop our passport etc, so we are still under saf juridisticion, but once u awol from their, u are a illegal immigrant
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when we go overseas with SAF... it's travel by Nominal Roll.
Before you arrive, that country has a copy of your details along with your photo. since it is pre-arranged , there's no need for passports as your immigration stamp is stamped on the nominal roll.
and even if they stamp your passport or not... it doesn't matter.. its where the offence is committed that matters. -
the country's law always takes precedence if a criminal act is conducted.