Defence (Amendment) Act 2007

Insertion of new section: payment of fine.

64.— The following section is inserted after section 213 of the Principal Act:

“Payment of fine.

213A.— (1) Where a person subject to military law is convicted by a court-martial and is sentenced to a fine, the fine shall be a stated amount.

(2) The terms of payment of a fine referred to in subsection (1) of this section are, subject to the provisions of this Act, at the discretion of the military judge who awards the fine.”.