1970
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 65

(ii) The maximum deduction from ordinary pay shall be restricted to fourteen days.

(b) If he is of, or below, the rank of flight lieutenant :—
(i) The maximum period of detention that he may award shall be limited to seven days;
(ii) The maximum deduction from ordinary pay shall be limited to seven days.

SECTION II.—THE AIR FORCE RESERVE AND TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE.

133. (1) Airmen of the Air Force Reserve and the Territorial Air Force shall be subject to the Air Force Act (Imperial), and King’s Regulations and Air Council Instructions only under the following circumstances :—
     (a) When they are being trained or exercised, when proceeding to or returning from a place of parade or duty in uniform, and at any other time when they are subject to the orders or discipline of the Air Force :
     (b) When they are called out for air force service in time of war or imminent national danger.
     (2) Except as herein provided, offences in time of peace against air force law which are also civil offences shall, where practicable and desirable, be tried by the civil courts.

134. LIMITATION OF PUNISHMENTS.

The summary punishments detailed in King’s Regulations and Air Council Instructions other than “Reprimand,” “Severe reprimand,” and “Admonition” shall not be awarded except during periods of continuous training or when called out for air force service. If a sentence of detention or confinement to camp is imposed it shall in no case exceed the period of the camp or training.

135. POWER TO AWARD FINES.

(1) A commanding officer may in time of peace impose a fine not exceeding £1 on an airman for any offence with which he is authorized to deal without reference to superior authority, and the airman shall not have the right to claim trial by court-martial.

(2) The offender shall within fourteen days thereafter pay such fine, and in default of payment he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £5.

136. FAILURE TO FULFIL TRAINING OBLIGATIONS.

Any airman of the Air Force Reserve or Territorial Air Force who fails to appear at the time and place appointed for preliminary training, or for annual training, or fails to attend the number of drills and instructional parades and fulfil the other conditions relating to preliminary or annual training prescribed for the Service, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £5.

137. WRONGFUL DISPOSAL, ETC.

(1) If any person fails to deliver up on demand any air force property the value thereof shall be recoverable from him by civil process.

(2) A person who fails to deliver up such property as aforesaid shall be deemed to have committed an offence for which upon summary conviction he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £5.

138. FAILURE TO ATTEND WHEN CALLED OUT FOR SERVICE.

Any airman of the Air Force Reserve or Territorial Air Force who fails to appear at the time and place appointed for assembling when called out for service in pursuance of a Proclamation issued under the authority of sections 6 and 7 of the Air Force Act shall be liable to be charged with desertion or absence without leave within the meaning of sections 12 and 15 respectively of the Air Force Act (Imperial), and shall, whether otherwise subject to the Air Force Act or not, be liable to be tried by court-martial and convicted and punished accordingly and may be taken into air force custody.