# Naval Discipline Act 1860, Section XLVIII: Scale of Punishment.


Subject to the foregoing Regulations, where any Punishment is specified by this Act as the Penalty for any Offence, and it is further declared that another Punishment may be awarded in respect of the same Offence, the Expression " other Punishment" shall be deemed to comprise every Punishment inferior in Degree to the specified Punishment, according to the Scale herein-before mentioned; but Corporal Punishment shall be deemed equal in Degree to Imprisonment, and may in all Cases, subject to the foregoing Regulations, be inflicted as a Substitute for or in addition to Imprisonment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/23-24/123/section/XLVIII (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/naval-discipline-act-1860/section-XLVIII
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