Clause 112

In any country in which operations against the enemy are being conducted, the powers of the Minister under section 110 with respect to military prisons and detention barracks, shall be exercisable by the officer commanding-in-chief in the field, and shall include a power of declaring any place to be a military prison or a detention barrack, and the limitations contained in section 111 on the power of making rules as to the punishment of prisoners and soldiers undergoing detention and as to the severity of imprisonment and detention shall not apply:Provided that nothing in this section, or in any rules made thereunder, shall authorise flogging or other corporal punishment to be inflicted for any offence.

The powers conferred by this section shall continue to be exercisable after the cessation of operations so long as the forces are on active service in the country in question.