Air Force (Amendment) Act (No. 82 of 1988)

Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

Amendment of section 43 of the principal enactment

3. Section 43 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (a) of that section of the following paragraph :

" (a)

	(i) if the commanding officer is of the rank of Wing Commander or of higher rank, order the accused to be placed under detention, or imprisonment, for a period not exceeding ninety days, and such order of imprisonment shall not take effect until it is ratified by the Commander of the Air Force ;

	(ii) if the commanding officer is of a rank subordinate to Wing Commander, order the accused to be placed under detention for a period not exceeding twenty-eight days; or".