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l Release Act , (b) includes, in respect of any punishment of imprisonment for life or for two years or more imposed outside Canada pursuant to the Code of Service Discipline, any prison or place in which a person sentenced to imprisonment for life or for two years or more by a civil court having jurisdiction in the place where the sentence is imposed can for the time being be confined, and (c) means, in any place outside Canada where there is no prison or place for the confinement of persons sentenced to imprisonment for life or for two years or more, a civil prison; ( pénitencier ) personal equipment means all materiel issued to an officer or non-commissioned member for the personal wear or other personal use of that officer or non-commissioned member; ( équipement personnel ) possession [Repealed, 1995, c. 39, s. 175] Provost Marshal [Repealed, 2013, c. 24, s. 2] public property means all money and property of Her Majesty in right of Canada; ( biens publics ) regular force means the component of the Canadian Forces that is referred to in subsection 15(1); ( force régulière ) release means the termination of the service of an officer or non-commissioned member in any manner; ( libération ) reserve force means the component of the Canadian Forces that is referred to in subsection 15(3); ( force de réserve ) scale of punishments means the scale of punishments as set out in subsection 139(1); ( échelle des peines ) serious offence means an offence under this Act or an indictable offence under any other Act of Parliament, for which the maximum punishment is imprisonment for five years or more, or an offence that is prescribed by regulation under subsection 467.1(4) of the Criminal Code ; ( infraction grave ) serious personal injury offence means (a) a serious offence, or an offence referred to in section 77, 86, 87, 92, 95, 113, 120, 124 or 127, involving (i) the use or attempted use of violence against another person, or (ii) conduct endangering or likely to endanger the life or safety of another person or inflicting or likely to inflict severe psychological damage upon another person, or (b) an offence punishable under section 130 that is an offence under section 151, 152, 153, 153.1, 155, 160, 170, 171, 172, 271, 272 or 273 of the Criminal Code , or an attempt to commit such an offence; ( infraction grave contre la personne ) service convict means a person who is under a sentence that includes a punishment of imprisonment for life or for two years or more imposed on that person pursuant to the Code of Service Discipline; ( condamné militaire ) service custody means the holding under arrest or in confinement of a person by the Canadian Forces, and includes confinement in a service prison or detention barrack; ( garde militaire ) service detainee means a person who is under a sentence that includes a punishment of detention imposed on that person pursuant to the Code of Service Discipline; ( détenu militaire ) service infraction means a service infraction created by regulations made by the Governor in Council; ( manquement d’ordre militaire ) service offence means an offence under this Act, the Criminal Code or any other Act of Parliament, committed by a person while subject to the Code of Service Discipline; ( infraction d’ordre militaire ) service prison means a place designated as such under subsection 205(1); ( prison militaire ) service prisoner means a person who is under a sentence that includes a punishment of imprisonment for less than two years imposed on that person pursuant to the Code of Service Discipline; ( prisonnier militaire ) service tribunal [Repealed, 2019, c. 15, s. 2] special force means such component of the Canadian Forces as may be established pursuant to subsection 16(1); ( force spéciale ) summary hearing means a hearing conducted under section 163; ( audience sommaire ) summary trial [Repealed, 2019, c. 15, s. 2] superior officer means any officer or non-commissioned member who, in relation to any o