The Air Force Act

Punishments awardable by courts-martial

Alternative punishments awardable by court-martial

Combination of punishments

Cashiering of officer

Field punishment

Position of field punishment in scale of punishment

Result of certain punishments in the case of a warrant officer or a non-commissioned office

Retention in the ranks of a person convicted on active service

Punishments otherwise than by court-martia

Punishment of persons other than officers and warrant officers

Requirement of sanction in certain case

Limit of punishments under section 82

Punishments in addition to those specified in section 8

Punishment of officers and warrant officers

Transmission of proceedings

Review of proceeding

Superior air force authorit

Collective fines


PUNISHMENTS


(1) Where any person subject to this Act and under the rank of warrant
officer commits any offence on active service, shall be lawful for a court-martial to award for that offence
any such punishment as is prescribed as a field punishment.

(2) Field punishment shall be of the character of personal restraint or of hard labour but shall not be
of a nature to cause injury to life or limb and shall not include flogging.

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