78 Suspension of detention (1) Subject to this section, a service tribunal that imposes a punishment of detention may make an order suspending the whole or a part of that punishment. (2) Where a service tribunal imposes on a person 2 or more punishments of detention in respect of 2 or more service offences, the service tribunal shall not make an order suspending the whole or a part of any of those punishments unless it also makes an order suspending the whole or a part of the other punishment or the other punishments. (3) Where a service tribunal makes an order suspending the whole or a part of a punishment of detention, the punishment, or such part of the punishment as is suspended, does not begin, and shall not be put into execution, while the suspension remains in force.

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