s 138 Prohibited combinations of punishments
(1) Subsections (2) to (6) apply where a commanding officer awards punishment in respect of an offender. (2) If he awards detention, the only additional punishments he may award are— (a) reduction in rank or disrating (subject to subsection (8)); (b) a service compensation order. (4) If he awards forfeiture of seniority, the only additional punishments he may award are— (a) a severe reprimand or a reprimand; (b) a service compensation order. (5) If he awards reduction in rank or disrating, the only additional punishments he may award are— (a) a suspended sentence of service detention (subject to subsection (8)); (b) a service compensation order. (6) If he awards a fine, he may not also award a service supervision and punishment order. (7) Regulations under row 7 of the Table in section 132 may make provision, as respects any punishment authorised by those regulations, prohibiting that punishment from being awarded with any other punishment (whether or not so authorised) specified by the regulations. (8) Nothing in this section authorises a commanding officer to award a particular punishment where the award of that punishment is prohibited otherwise than by this section. (9) References in this section to a service compensation order include references to two or more such orders.