The Maldives’ Parliament’s Committee on National Security Services has passed amendments to the Maldives Police Service Bill, classifying mutiny as a separate crime, whereby police officers could be charged separately for actions of mutiny amounting to a coup if the bill becomes law.

Under the bill, a police officer could be charged with mutiny separately, and would not be exempt from a separate charge of mutiny under a separate act. This would not mean that the officer is being charged twice for the same offense separately.

Under the Criminal Procedure Code, mutiny is currently classified as a crime. The Committee amended the bill so that a separate chapter is included under crimes committed by the police, which also includes mutiny as a crime. 

Source- https://english.sun.mv/64252