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Defence Act, 1957 (Act No. 44 of 1957)

Chapter XI : Discipline, Legal Procedure and Offences

112. Place of imprisonment for military offences

 

 

Any person sentenced under the Military Discipline Code to imprisonment or detention may be ordered to undergo the sentence of imprisonment or detention in any place which the Minister may appoint for such purpose in lieu of a place established as a prison or gaol under the law relating to prisons, and whenever a court orders that any person be imprisoned for any offence under this Act, including any offence under the Military Discipline Code, for a period not exceeding fourteen days, the court may in its discretion order the offender to be imprisoned in a place so appointed.

 

[Section 112 amended by section 46 of Act No. 97 of 1986]