# Armed Forces Act 2006, Paragraph 4


(1) Section 20 of that Act (content and effect of protection orders) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (4) for “officer” substitute “ judge advocate ”.
(3) In subsection (6)(b)(iii) for “the officer having jurisdiction” substitute “ a judge advocate ”.
(4) For subsections (9) and (10) substitute—
“(9) A person subject to service law, or a civilian subject to service discipline, commits an offence if he—
(a) intentionally obstructs any person exercising the power under subsection (2)(b) above to remove, or prevent the removal of, a child; or
(b) intentionally fails to comply with an exclusion requirement included in a protection order by virtue of section 20A below.
(9A) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable to any punishment mentioned in rows 5 to 12 of the Table in section 164 of the Armed Forces Act 2006.
(9B) For the purposes of determining the court's powers when sentencing a civilian offender (within the meaning of Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Armed Forces Act 2006) for an offence under this section, subsection (9A) has effect as if the reference to rows 5 to 12 were to rows 2 to 7.
(9C) For the purposes of determining the court's powers when sentencing an offender to whom Part 2 of that Schedule applies (ex-servicemen etc) for an offence under this section, subsection (9A) has effect as if the reference to rows 5 to 12 were to rows 5 to 10.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/schedule/13/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/schedule-13/paragraph-4
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