Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) (No. 2) Act, 1940

Amendment of section 86A of the Principal Act.

48.—The reference in section 86A (which relates to summary disposition of a charge against a private soldier by a subordinate officer) of the Principal Act (which said section was inserted in the Principal Act by section 27 of the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923 (Continuance and Amendment) Act, 1924 (No. 38 of 1924),) to confinement to barracks shall, in relation to a private soldier or a seaman employed on a State ship, be construed as including a reference to stoppage of shore leave.