Regulations for the Navy Part IIICentral Regulations · 1957
A higher character than “Fair” shall not be given to any sailor if during the period for which his character is being assessed he has been sentenced to be punished in any of the following ways, namely:-
(a) Reduced to the second class for conduct on one or more occasions for a period exceeding two months in the aggregate but not exceeding six months.
(b) Sentenced to cells, detention or imprisonment, or any two or more of these punishments, for 22 days or more in the aggregate but less than 61 days.
(c) Dismissed without disgrace or without any additional punishment that could affect his character.