Forfeiture of pay for absence from duty

(1) The pay of a member of the Force shall be forfeited everydayduty. (a) of absence in such circumstances as to constitute an offence under section 41 or section 42; (b) for imprisonment or detention awarded under military law by a court martial or Security Services Commission, or of imprisonment or detention of any description (including remand) to which he is or becomes liable in consequence of an order or sentence of a civil 76 (c) on which he is in hospital on account of sickness or injury certified by a registered medical practitioner to have been occasioned by an offence under this Act of which he has been or is subsequently found guilty. (2) The pay of a member of the Force may be forfeited for any day of his or her absence by reason of his having been made a prisoner of war if a court of inquiry is satisfied that– (a) he was made a prisoner of war through disobedience of orders or willful neglect of duty; (b) having been made a prisoner of war he failed to take any reasonable steps available to him to rejoin the Force; (c) having been made a prisoner of war he served with or aided the enemy in the prosecution of hostilities or measures calculated to influence morale or in any other manner whatever not authorised by international usage, but, save as aforesaid, nothing in sub-section (1) (a), shall apply to absence by reason of having been made a prisoner of war. (3) For the purposes of this section any part of a day in hospital or when a prisoner of war shall count as a day.