Misconduct in action
11. —(1) Every person subject to military law
who, without lawful excuse —
(a) surrenders any place or thing to the enemy; or
(b) abandons any place or thing which it is his duty to defend
against the enemy or to prevent from falling into the hands of the
enemy,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Every person subject to military law shall be guilty of an
offence under this section if, being in the presence or vicinity of
the enemy, or being engaged in any action or operation against the
enemy or under orders to be prepared for any action or operation by
or against the enemy, he —
(a) fails to use his utmost exertions to carry the lawful orders
of his superior officers into execution;
(b) while on guard duty and posted or ordered to patrol, or
while on watch, sleeps or, without having been regularly relieved,
leaves any place where it is his duty to be; or
(c) behaves in such a manner as to show cowardice, or induces
any other person so to behave at a time when that other person,
being a member of the Singapore Armed Forces or of any force
co-operating therewith is in the presence or vicinity of the enemy,
or is engaged in any action or operation against the enemy or under
orders to be prepared for any action or operation by or against the
enemy.
(3) Every person guilty of an offence under this section shall
be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to suffer
death or any less punishment authorised by this Act.
Disobedience of general orders
21. Every person subject to military law who
contravenes or fails to comply with any lawful provision of general
orders, being a provision known to him or which he might reasonably
be expected to know, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be
liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or any less
punishment authorised by this Act.
Desertion
23. —(1) Every person subject to military law
who deserts shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on
conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a
term not exceeding 10 years or any less punishment authorised by
this Act.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a person deserts if he
—
(a) leaves or fails to attend at his place of duty in the
Singapore Armed Forces with the intention of remaining permanently
absent from duty without lawful authority, or, having left or
failed to attend at his place of duty in the Singapore Armed
Forces, thereafter forms the like intention; or
(b) absents himself without leave with intent to avoid service
or any particular service before the enemy,
and references in this Act to desertion shall be construed
accordingly.
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Possible charges they can throw at you. But chances are they
won't, there's a lot of paperwork to go through. =) And penalty is
probably MORE guard duty, but at your new unit.
Have you tried asking a superior officer for help?
