(1) The period of improper absence included in the charge shall strictly be computed from the time when leave expires (or the time of breaking out) until the time of return to the ship or place of duty.
(2) When a sailor surrenders or is apprehended as an absentees away from the locality in which his leave expires, the Commanding officer may, having regard to the circumstances, consider the absence as having terminated at the time of surrender or apprehension, but if a lengthy journey is involved in returning to the place where leave expired, the time involved in returning to the place where leave expired, the time involved in such journey may be included in computing the period of absence.
(3) When an absentee is arrested by the civil authority on another charge and is subsequently handed over to the Naval Authorities, his absence without leave shall be regarded as ceasing from the time of his arrest by the civil authority.