Section 44: Limits pf punishment and acts constituting main offence
Regulations for the Navy Part IICentral Regulations · 1957
(1) The maximum summary punishment for leave breaking that should as a rule be awarded shall be detention and except for an aggravated offence, such punishment shall not exceed thirty days.
(2) The act of not returning to duty at the time ordered constitute the main offence against discipline and the aggravation of the offence shall depend upon the time for which shall be dealt with on its merits in each case.
(3) Leave breaking offences shall invariably be described on the punishment warrant or in the Daily Record of offence as follows: - “Did remain absent over leave_________________ hours_______ minutes, namely, from___________to__________”