Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923

Withholding pay.

65.—Every officer or non-commissioned officer who commits the following offence, that is to say:—

Having received the pay of any person subject to military law, the offence of unlawfully detaining or unlawfully refusing to pay the same,

shall, on conviction by Court-Martial be liable to suffer—

(a) if an officer, dismissal or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned, or

(b) if a non-commissioned officer, detention or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.