Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1942

Amendment of section 131 of the Principal Act.

6.Section 131 (which relates to deductions which may be made from ordinary pay of soldiers) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion therein, after paragraph (e), of the following paragraph, that is to say:—

“(ee) the sum required to pay any penalty, damages, compensation or costs awarded against him by a civil court before which he has been charged with an offence”.