Section 89
Punishment of officers
(1)
The punishments which may be awarded to an officer by sentence of a court-martial under this Act are, subject to the limitations hereinafter provided on the powers of certain courts-martial, those set out in the following scale; and in relation to an officer, references in this Act to punishments provided by this Act are references to those punishments.
(2)
The said scale is—
(a)
death;
(b)
imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years;
(c)
dismissal with disgrace from His Majesty’s service;
(d)
dismissal from His Majesty’s service;
(e)
forfeiture of seniority of rank or, in the case of an officer whose promotion depends upon length of service, forfeiture of all or any part of his service for purposes of promotion;
(f)
dismissal of an officer from the ship to which he belongs;
(g)
fine;
(h)
severe reprimand;
(i)
reprimand;
(j)
where the offence has occasioned any expense, loss or damage, stoppages.
(3)
For the purposes of this Part a punishment specified in any paragraph of the said scale shall be treated as less than the punishments
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specified in the preceding paragraphs, and greater than those in the following paragraphs, of the scale.
(4)
Save as expressly provided by this Act, a court-martial shall award only one punishment in respect of all offences on which the accused is convicted.
(5)
Stoppages may be awarded by a court-martial either in addition to or without any other punishment.
(6)
A severe reprimand or reprimand may be awarded by a court-martial in addition to forfeiture of seniority of rank or a fine.
(7)
Where an officer is sentenced to imprisonment he shall also be sentenced to be dismissed with disgrace from His Majesty’s service:
Provided that, if the court-martial fails to sentence him to be dismissed with disgrace from His Majesty’s service, the sentence of imprisonment shall not be invalid but shall be deemed to include a sentence of dismissal with disgrace from His Majesty’s service.