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DEFENCE FORCE DISCIPLINE REGULATIONS 2018 (F2018L00265) - REG 27

Remission

             (1)  Subject to this section, a detainee who is serving a period of detention of not less than 28 days is entitled to a remission of one-quarter of the period of detention.

             (2)  If the remission of a period of detention would, apart from this subsection, reduce the period of detention to less than 24 days, the period of detention is to be remitted to a period of 24 days.

             (3)  If a custodial punishment is imposed on a detainee, the period of remission to which the detainee would, apart from this subsection, be entitled, must be reduced:

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

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

                     (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.

             (4)  If a punishment of a period of detention is imposed on a detainee in respect of an offence committed during a period of detention, the detainee is not entitled to remission in respect of the latter period of detention.



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