Part II Trial and Punishment of Offences
Summary punishment
5 Increased powers of summary punishment.
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The maximum period of detention that may be awarded to a soldier or airman by his commanding officer under section 78 of the M1 Army Act 1955 or section 78 of the M2 Air Force Act 1955 shall be 60 days; and accordingly, in subsection (3)(a) of section 78 of each Act, for the word “twenty-eight" there shall be substituted the word “60".
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The maximum amount of a fine that may be awarded for an offence, whether or not committed on active service,—
a
b
to an officer (below the rank of lieutenant-colonel or wing-commander), or to a warrant officer, by virtue of section 79 of either Act (under which there is the same maximum),
shall not exceed the amount of the offender’s pay for 28 days.