Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

DEFENCE FORCE DISCIPLINE REGULATIONS 1985 - REG 25

         (1)   Where, but for this regulation, a period of punishment by remission or otherwise would expire on a Sunday or public holiday, the officer in charge may remit so much of the unexpired period of detention as would enable the detainee to be released on the last day preceding that Sunday or public holiday, as the case requires, that is not a Sunday or public holiday.

         (2)   A detainee may be released at any time during the period of 24 hours immediately preceding the expiration of the detainee's period of detention.