Australian Military Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1969 No.

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REGULATION UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1966.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Defence Act 1903-1966.

Dated this twenty-seventh day of December, 1969.

Paul Hasluck

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Andrew Peacock

Minister of State for the Army.

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Amendment of the Australian Military Regulations 

After regulation 216 of the Australian Military Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Modification of the Army Act, imprisonment.

“216a. For the purpose of its application to the Military Forces, the Army Act shall be read with the following modification, namely, as if the following section were inserted after section 44:—

‘44a.—(1.) Where imprisonment is imposed in respect of an offence punishable under this Act (whether the offence was committed before or is committed on or after the date of commencement of this section), it may be imposed either with or without hard labour.

‘(2.) For the purpose of the last preceding sub-section, the date of commencement of this section shall be taken to be the date on which regulation 216a of the Australian Military Regulations took effect.’.”.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1969.

  Statutory Rules 1927, No. 149, as amended to date. For previous amendments to the Australian Military Regulations, see footnote   to Statutory Rules 1969, No. 76, and see also Statutory Rules 1969, Nos. 76 and 94.

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