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Naval Discipline Act 1860

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The following Punishments may be inflicted in Her Majesty's Navy:

(1)Death:

(2)Penal Servitude:

(3)Dismissal with Disgrace from Her Majesty's Service:

(4)Imprisonment or Corporal Punishment:

(5)Dismissal from Her Majesty's Service:

(6)Forfeiture of Seniority as an Officer for a specified Time, or otherwise:

(7)Dismissal from the Ship to which the Offender belongs:

(8)Severe Reprimand, or Reprimand:

(9)Disrating a Subordinate or Petty Officer:

(10)Forfeiture of Pay, Head Money, Bounty, Salvage, Prize Money, and Allowances earned by and of all Annuities, Pensions, Gratuities, Medals, and Decorations granted to the Offender, or of any One or more of the above Particulars ; also, in the Case of Desertion, of all Clothes and Effects left by the Deserter on board the Ship to which he belongs.

(11)Such minor Punishments as are now inflicted according to the Custom of the Navy, or may from Time to Time be allowed by the Admiralty :

and each of the above Punishments shall be deemed to be inferior in Degree to every Punishment preceding it in the above Scale.

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