Section 73. Punishments awardable by courts-martial

CHAPTER VII PUNISHMENTS 73. Punishments awardable by courts-martial .—Punishments may be inflicted in respect of offences committed by persons subject to this Act and convicted by courts-martial according to the scale following, that is to say,— (a) death; (b) transportation for life or for any period not less than seven years, in respect of civil offences; (c) imprisonment, either rigorous or simple, for any period not exceeding fourteen years; (d) detention for a term not exceeding two years in the case of airmen; (e) cashiering, in the case of officers; (f) dismissal from service; (g) reduction to the ranks or to a lower rank or classification, in the case of warrant officers and non-commissioned officers: Provided that a warrant officer reduced to the ranks shall not be required to serve in the ranks as an airman; (h) forfeiture of seniority of rank, in the case of officers, warrant officers and non-commissioned officers; and forfeiture of all or any part of their service for the purpose of promotion, in the case of any of them whose promotion depends upon length of service;