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DEFENCE FORCE DISCIPLINE REGULATIONS 1985 - REG 24

Remission

         (1)   A detainee is entitled to remission of detention in accordance with this regulation.

         (2)   A detainee who is serving a period of detention of not less than 28 days is, subject to this regulation, entitled to a remission of one‑quarter of the period of detention.

         (3)   Where the remission of a period of detention would, but for this subregulation, reduce the period of detention to less than 24 days, the period of detention remitted shall be limited to so much of the period of detention as exceeds 24 days.

         (4)   Where a custodial punishment is imposed on a detainee, the period of remission to which a detainee would, but for this subregulation, be entitled, shall be reduced:

                (a)    for each day of the punishment of segregated confinement served by the detainee -- by 3 days;

               (b)    for each day of the punishment of confinement to a cell served by the detainee -- by 2 days;

                (c)    for each day of the punishment of extra drill served by the detainee -- by 1 day; or

               (d)    for continuous or discontinuous periods of the punishment of restriction of custodial privileges which in the aggregate amount to more than 7 days -- by 1 day for each such period of not less than 7 days.

         (5)   Where a punishment of a period of detention is imposed on a detainee in respect of an offence committed during a period of detention, remission does not accrue in respect of the latter period of detention.



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