Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)

Section 192 of the principal Act provides that a summary court-martial shall not have jurisdiction to award to any person any sentence greater than imprisonment for a period of six months. The scale of punishments that may be awarded to an enlisted member of the Defence Forces is provided for in section 210 of the principal Act. It is the intention of the Bill that a summary court-martial shall not have jurisdiction to award detention for any term longer than six months. This amendment is designed to implement that intention and to remove any possible ambiguity in that regard.