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Section 131 — Abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce an officer or a serviceman from his duty

As in force on 1 January 2020.

Timeline 3 versions
  1. 30 March 1987 Enacted
  2. 1 January 2020 Act 15 of 2019
  3. 17 August 2026 Latest
Amended in force 1 January 2020 by Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
131.Abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce an officer or a serviceman from his duty

Whoever abets the committing of mutiny by an officer or any serviceman in the Singapore Armed Forces or any visiting forces lawfully present in Singapore or attempts to seduce any such officer or serviceman from his allegiance or his duty, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years, and shall, if he is not sentenced to imprisonment for life, also be liable to fine.

[Indian PC 1860, s. 131]