Defence

Cap. 135 · Revised Edition 2020 · 170 sections

s. 1Short title
s. 2Interpretation
s. 3Active service provisions
s. 4Establishment of the Force
s. 5Employment of the Force
s. 6Formation into units
s. 7Employment of Force outside Belize
s. 8Overseas training
s. 9Membership of the Board
s. 10Functions of the Board
s. 11Power to grant commissions
s. 12Appointment and transfer of officers
s. 13Resignation and dismissal of officers
s. 14Power to make regulations under this Part
s. 15Recruiting officers
s. 16Enlistment
s. 17Terms of enlistment
s. 18Re-engagement and continuance of service
s. 19Prolongation of service
s. 20Discharge
s. 21Transfer to the reserve
s. 22Postponement of discharge or transfer pending proceedings for offences, etc
s. 23Restrictions on reduction in rank of warrant officers and non- commissioned officers
s. 24Right of warrant officer to discharge on reduction in rank
s. 25Discharge of members of Force
s. 26Right of soldier to purchase discharge
s. 27Rules for reckoning service
s. 28Validity of attestation and enlistment
s. 29False answers in attestation papers
s. 30Misconduct in action
s. 31Assisting the enemy
s. 32Obstructing operations
s. 33Offences by or in relation to sentries
s. 34Failing to attend for duty, neglect of duty, etc
s. 35Looting
s. 36Mutiny
s. 37Failure to suppress mutiny
s. 38Insubordinate behaviour
s. 39Disobedience to lawful orders
s. 40Disobedience to standing orders
s. 41Desertion
s. 42Absence without leave
s. 43Failure to apprehend or report deserters or absentees
s. 44Malingering
s. 45Drunkenness
s. 46Fighting, threatening words, etc
s. 47Public or service property, etc., offences
s. 48Misapplication and waste of public or service property
s. 49Issues and decorations offences
s. 50Permitting escape and unlawful release of prisoners
s. 51Resistance to arrest
s. 52Escape from confinement
s. 53Courts martial offences
s. 54False evidence
s. 55Obstruction of police officer arresting officer or soldier
s. 56Unauthorised disclosure of information
s. 57Making of false statement on enlistment
s. 58Making of false documents
s. 59Offences against morale
s. 60Scandalous conduct of officers
s. 61Ill-treatment of officers or soldiers of inferior rank
s. 62Disgraceful conduct
s. 63False accusations
s. 64Attempts to commit military offences
s. 65Aiding and abetting, etc., and inciting
s. 66Conduct to prejudice of military discipline
s. 67Civil offences
s. 68Punishment of officers
s. 69Punishment of soldier
s. 70Imprisonment
s. 71Power to arrest offenders
s. 72Avoiding delay after arrest
s. 73Powers of commanding officer
s. 74Trial by, and power of, court martial
s. 75Convening and composition of court martial
s. 76Constitution of court martial
s. 77Sittings of court martial
s. 78Challenges by accused
s. 79Administration of oaths
s. 80Court martial to sit in open court
s. 81Dissolution of court martial
s. 82Decisions of court martial
s. 83Finding and sentence
s. 84Power to convict of offence other than that charged
s. 85Rules of evidence
s. 86Privilege of witnesses and others at court martial
s. 87Offences by civilians in court martial
s. 88Affirmations
s. 89Confirmation of proceedings of court martial
s. 90Petition against findings or sentence
s. 91Revision of findings of court martial
s. 92Power of confirming authority
s. 93Confirming authority
s. 94Review of summary findings and awards
s. 95Insane accused
s. 96Commencement of sentences
s. 97Duration of sentences of imprisonment and detention
s. 98Restrictions on serving of sentences of detention
s. 99Confinement in Belize civil prisons
s. 100Jurisdiction on ex-officers and soldiers
s. 101Limitation of time for trial of offences under the Act
s. 102Jurisdiction of civil courts
s. 103Exemption from prosecution under the Act
s. 104Appointment of judge advocate
s. 105Promulgation
s. 106Custody of proceedings of court martial and right of accused to a copy thereof
s. 107Rules of Procedure
s. 108Courts of inquiry
s. 109Inquiries into absence
s. 110Forfeitures and deductions
s. 111Forfeiture of pay for absence from duty
s. 112Suspension
s. 113Deductions for payment of civil penalties
s. 114Compensation for loss occasioned by wrongful act or negligence
s. 115Deductions for barrack damage
s. 116Remission of forfeiture and deductions
s. 117Composition of volunteer element of the Force
s. 117AEnlistment of recruits in the volunteer element
s. 118Enlistment and re-engagement in volunteer element
s. 119Training of volunteer element
s. 120Call out of volunteer element on temporary service
s. 121Call out of volunteer element on permanent service
s. 122Attendance on call out
s. 123Effective time of call out
s. 124Termination of service
s. 125Posting or attachment of members of volunteer element
s. 126Punishment for non-attendance
s. 127Wrongful sale, etc., of public property
s. 128Discharge from volunteer element
s. 129Application of Parts IV and V
s. 130Protection from dismissal and loss of wages, etc
s. 131Composition of reserve
s. 132Re-engagement in the reserve
s. 133Call out of reserve on permanent service
s. 134Attendance upon call out
s. 135Effective time of call out
s. 136Termination of service
s. 137Posting and attachment of members of the reserve
s. 138Punishment for non-attendance
s. 139Discharge from reserve
s. 140Application of Parts V and VI
s. 141Protection from dismissal and loss of wages, etc
s. 142Command of Force
s. 143Powers of command of members of co-operating forces
s. 144Complaints by officers
s. 145Complaints by soldiers
s. 146Exemption from jury service
s. 147Exemption from execution on property used for military purposes
s. 148Arrest of deserters and absentees without leave
s. 149Proceedings in civil court for illegal absence
s. 150Deserters and absentees without leave surrendering to police
s. 151Certificate of arrest or surrender of deserters and absentees
s. 152Duties of superintendent of prisons and others to receive deserters and absentees
s. 153Punishment for procuring and assisting desertion
s. 154Punishment for obstructing members in execution of duty
s. 155Punishment for aiding malingering
s. 156Unlawful purchase, etc., of military stores
s. 157Illegal dealings in documents relating to pay, pensions, mobilization, etc
s. 158General provisions as to evidence
s. 159Proof of outcome of civil trial
s. 160Evidence of proceedings of court martial
s. 161Temporary reception in civil custody of persons under escort
s. 162Avoidance of assignment of, or charge on, military pay, pensions, etc
s. 163Belize Defence Force Benevolent Fund
s. 164Persons subject to military law
s. 165Application of the Army Act, 1955
s. 166Power to make regulations
s. 167National service regulations
s. 168Execution of orders, instruments, etc
s. 169Saving of rights of officers and soldiers of Volunteer Guard