{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/service-custody-and-service-of-relevant-sentences-rules-2009/article-50",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/service-custody-and-service-of-relevant-sentences-rules-2009/article-50.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1096",
  "legislation_title": "The Service Custody and Service of Relevant Sentences Rules 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/service-custody-and-service-of-relevant-sentences-rules-2009",
  "path": "article/50",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "50",
  "heading": "Commandant’s punishments",
  "text": "(1) If he finds a charge under rule 45 proved, the commandant may, subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), impose one or more of the following punishments—\n(a) admonition;\n(b) cellular confinement for a period not exceeding ten days;\n(c) extra military instruction.\n(2) The commandant may not impose cellular confinement along with any other punishment.\n(3) If the person charged is a civilian subject to service discipline, he may not impose extra military instruction as a punishment.\n(4) If more than one charge is found at the same hearing to have been proved, punishments under this rule may be ordered to run consecutively, but the total period of cellular confinement shall not exceed ten days.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 50 in force at 31.10.2009, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1096/article/50",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:12:42.593997+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}