Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923 (Continuance and Amendment) Act, 1924

Amendment of section 129 of the Principal Act.

36.—The following section shall be substituted for section 129 of the Principal Act:—

“129.—For the purposes of sections 127 and 128 of this Act the Minister may by regulation or order from time to time declare what shall be deemed a day of absence, a day in custody, a day of imprisonment or detention, or a day in hospital so however that—

(a) no person shall be treated as absent, in custody, imprisoned, detained, or in hospital for the purposes aforesaid unless such absence, custody, imprisonment, detention, or stay in hospital has lasted six hours or upwards, except where the absence prevented the absentee from performing some military duty which was thereby thrown on some other person;

(b) a period of absence, a period in custody, a period of imprisonment or detention or a period in hospital which commences before and ends after midnight may be reckoned a day;

(c) the number of days shall be reckoned as from the time when the absence, custody, imprisonment, detention or stay in hospital commences;

(d) no period less than twenty-four hours shall be reckoned as more than one day.”