Penal Code 2008 Ed. CAP. 224 74 Harbouring a deserter 136. Whoever, except as hereinafter excepted, knowing or having reason to believe that an officer or a serviceman in the Singapore Armed Forces or any visiting forces lawfully present in Singapore has deserted, harbours such officer or serviceman shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years, or with fine, or with both. Exception —This provision does not extend to the case in which the harbour is given by a wife to her husband. [Indian PC 1860, s. 136] Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master 137. The master or person in charge of a merchant vessel, on board of which any deserter from the Singapore Armed Forces or any visiting forces lawfully present in Singapore is concealed, shall, though ignorant of such concealment, be liable to a penalty not exceeding $1,500, if he might have known of such concealment, but for some neglect of his duty as such master or person in charge, or but for some want of discipline on board of the vessel. [51/2007] [Indian PC 1860, s. 137] Abetment of act of insubordination by an officer or a serviceman 138. Whoever abets what he knows to be an act of insubordination by an officer or any serviceman in the Singapore Armed Forces or any visiting forces lawfully present in Singapore, shall, if such act of insubordination be committed in consequence of that abetment, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 6 months, or with fine, or with both. [Indian PC 1860, s. 138] Saving 139. Where provision is made in any law relating to the discipline of the Singapore Armed Forces for the punishment of an offence corresponding to an offence defined in this Chapter, no person who is Informal Consolidation – version in force from 1/4/2015