NEW PUNISHMENT REGULATIONS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 550, 15 March 1913, Page 5

NEW PUNISHMENT REGULATIONS.

TERRITORIAL DISCILPINE. [BY TKLKGBAIMI. I'RKSS ASSOCIATION'.] Wellington, Friday, The Defence Department has revised the regulations dealing with disciplinary punishment of territorials limiting the power of commanding officers to impose fines to a maximum of £2. In the case of fines exceeding £1 the soldier has a right to elect to be tried by court-martial. It is also provided that if in the interests of discipline the commanding officer considers a fine unsuitable to the case he will remand the offender and make application for the case to be tried by court-martial, provided the offence is one which cannot be dealt with in a magistrate's court. A company commander may impose fines up to 10s, except for drunkenness, subject to any remission a commanding officer may order. Extra drills may be ordered if necessary for disciplinary training of senior cadets.

The regulations contain a scale of maximum fines for the guidance of officers as follows:—for appearing on parade not in the order of the day or with clothing, arms, and accoutrements dirty, incomplete, or improperly put on, 2s Gd; inattention and minor irregularities on parade, 2s 6d; neglect to notify change of address within 14 days of such change, 7s 6d; \ failure to produce his personal record book, 10s; minor cases of non-com-pliance with orders or neglect of duty, 10s; on transfer failing to report arrival this new address within 14 days to nearest area sergeant-major, £l. For simple drunkenness the fine for a first offence is 10s, second offence within 12 months £1; third offence within 12 months trial by court-mar-tial. Otherwise a fine of 10s will be imposed for each instance of simple drunkenness.