Internal Security (Detained Persons) Order, 1964 · s 42

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s 42

( 1) If it shall appear to a Superintendent that an offcence punishable under Order 40 is of such a grave character as to require a more severe punish

ment than any therein prescribed, then such Super

intendent shall direct that the person accused be charged before a Magistrate, and such persons shall be liable to imprisonment for six months and to a fine of five hundred dollars:

Provided that if the offence relates to the des

truction or loss or of injury to Government property the person convicted shall in addition be liable to pay the value of the property destroyed, lost, or injured, which value shall be summarily be ascer

tained by the Court and shall be recoverable as if it were a fine.

(2)

A subordinate officer convicted by a Magis

trate under this Order shall, unless the conviction is reversed on appeal, be dismissed from his office and all arrears of pay due to him may be forfeited.