Section 61. Deductions from pay and allowances of persons subject to this Act

(3) For computation of time of absence or custody under this section,— (a) no person shall be treated as absent or in custody for a day unless the absence or custody has lasted, whether wholly in one day, or partly in one day and partly in another for six consecutive hours or upwards; (b) any absence or custody for less than a day may be reckoned as absence or custody for a day if such absence or custody prevented the absentee from fulfilling any duty as member of the Force which was thereby thrown upon some other person; (c) absence or custody for twelve consecutive hours or upwards may be reckoned as absence or custody for the whole of each day during any portion of which the person was absent or in custody; (d) a period of absence, or imprisonment, which commences before, and ends after, midnight may be reckoned as a day. (f) all pay and allowances for every day between his being recovered from the enemy and his dismissal from the service in consequence of his conduct when being taken prisoner by, or while in the hands of the enemy; (g) any sum required to make good such compensation for any expenses, loss, damage or destruction caused by him to the Central Government or to any building or property or any private fund of the Force as may be awarded by his commanding officer; (h) any sum required to pay a fine awarded by a criminal court, Force Court exercising jurisdiction under section 49 or an officer exercising authority under any of the sections 56 and 60; (i) any sum required by order of the Central Government or any prescribed officer to be paid for the maintenance of his wife, or his legitimate child or illegitimate child or step child or towards the cost of any relief given by the said Government to the said wife or child. (h) all pay and allowances forfeited by order of the Central Government if the officer is found by a court of inquiry constituted by the Director-General in this behalf, to have deserted to the enemy, or while in enemy hands, to have served with, or under the orders of, the enemy, or in any manner to have aided the enemy, or to have allowed himself to be taken prisoner by the enemy through want of due precaution or through disobedience of orders or wilful neglect of duty, or having been taken prisoner by the enemy, to have failed to rejoin his service when it was possible to do so; (i) any sum required by order of the Central Government to be paid for the maintenance of his wife or his legitimate or illegitimate child or step child towards the cost of any relief given by the said Government to the said wife or child. 61. Deductions from pay and allowances of persons subject to this Act.