Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to this Act, a punishment imposed, or an order made, by a service tribunal, a reviewing authority or the Defence Force Discipline Appeal Tribunal takes effect forthwith and a punishment for a specific period commences on the day on which it is imposed.
(1A) A summary authority who imposes a punishment for a specific period may impose the punishment for a period beginning on a specified day no later than 14 days after the day on which the punishment is imposed.
(1C) A person on whom a punishment of dismissal from the Defence Force is imposed may be kept in custody until the dismissal takes effect.
(2) Subject to section 72, where 2 or more punishments are to be cumulative, they shall take effect one after the other in accordance with the order in which they are recorded.