Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DEFENCE FORCE DISCIPLINE ACT 1982 - SECT 68C

             (1)  Subject to subsection 71(4), where a person is convicted of a service offence to which this subsection applies, a service tribunal may, in lieu of imposing a punishment of a kind referred to in subsection 68(1), impose a custodial punishment on the person in respect of the conviction.

             (2)  Subsection (1) applies to a service offence that:

                     (a)  is:

                              (i)  an offence against section 23, 25, 26, 27, 29, 33, 43, 51 or 60; or

                             (ii)  an offence that is an ancillary offence in relation to an offence referred to in subparagraph (i); and

                     (b)  was committed by a person at a time when the person was a detainee.