Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

DEFENCE FORCE REGULATIONS 1952 - REG 65

                Where a member is absent without leave for a period that continues for 24 hours or more and:

                (a)    the member is convicted of being absent without leave in respect of that period;

               (b)    during that absence the member, under a law other than service law, is convicted of an offence for which a sentence of imprisonment is imposed; or

                (c)    that absence is the reason for which the member is discharged from an arm of the Defence Force;

the member, upon that conviction or discharge, as the case may be, forfeits all salary and allowances that accrued to the member during the period:

               (d)    that begins at the end of the day on which the member first became so absent; and

                (e)    that ends at the end of the day on which the member ceased to be so absent.