Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923

Deductions from ordinary pay of officers which may be made.

130.—The following deductions may be made from the ordinary pay due to an officer:—

(a) The sum required to make good such compensation for any expense, loss, damage or destruction occasioned by the commission of any offence as may be awarded by the Court-Martial by which he is convicted of such offence.

(b) The sum required to make good the pay of any officer or soldier which he has unlawfully retained or unlawfully refused to pay.

(c) The sum required to pay any fine awarded by a Court-Martial or a Civil Court.

(d) The sum required to make good any loss, damage or destruction of public property, which after due investigation appears to the Minister to have been occasioned by any wrongful act or negligence on the part of the officer.