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Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971

Armed Forces Discipline Committee - Establishment of Armed Forces Discipline Committee

163: Chief of Defence Force must publish sentencing guidelines

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"The Chief of Defence Force must share rules for punishing wrongdoers."

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The Chief of Defence Force has to make sentencing guidelines available to everyone. They do this by publishing the guidelines as Defence Force Orders. You can find more information about the law that requires this by looking at the Armed Forces Discipline Amendment Act (No 2) 2007.

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Part 8AArmed Forces Discipline Committee
Establishment of Armed Forces Discipline Committee

163Chief of Defence Force must publish sentencing guidelines

  1. The Chief of Defence Force must publish any sentencing guidelines produced by the Discipline Committee under this Part as Defence Force Orders.

Notes
  • Section 163: substituted, on , by section 44 of the Armed Forces Discipline Amendment Act (No 2) 2007 (2007 No 98).