s 39 Offences by officer, etc., serving in ship involved in convoying and protection of vessel
39. Every officer, warrant officer or military expert of or above the rank of ME3 who while serving in a ship of the Singapore Armed Forces involved in the convoying and protection of a vessel —(a) fails to defend a vessel or goods in his or her convoy; (b) refuses to fight in the defence of a vessel in his or her convoy when it is attacked; or (c) cowardly abandons or exposes a vessel in his or her convoy to hazards, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to suffer death or any less punishment authorised by this Act. [28/2009]