Lawgist42Insubordination and obstruction
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,--
(a) being concerned in any quarrel, affray or disorder, refuses to obey any officer, though of inferior rank, who orders him into arrest, or uses criminal force to or assaults any such officer; or
(b) uses criminal force to, or assaults any person, whether subject to this Act or not, in whose custody he is lawfully placed, and whether he is or is not this superior officer; or
(c) resists an escort whose duty it is to apprehend him or to have him in charge; or
(d) breaks out of barracks, camp or quarters; or
(e) neglects to obey any general, local or other order; or
(f) impedes the provost-marshal or any person lawfully acting on his behalf or, when called upon, refuses to assist in the execution of his duty a provost-marshal or any person lawfully acting on his behalf; or
(g) uses criminal force to or assaults any person bringing provisions or supplies to the Forces,
shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend, in the case of the offences specified in clauses(d) and (e) to two years, and in the case of the offences specified in the other clauses to ten years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.
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- 34 Offences in relation to the enemy and punishable with death
- 35 Offences in relation to the enemy and not punishable with death
- 36 Offences punishable more severely on active service than at other times
- 37 Mutiny
- 38 Desertion and aiding desertion
- 39 Absence without leave
- 40 Striking or threatening superior officer
- 41 Disobedience to superior officer
- 42 Insubordination and obstruction
- 43 Fraudulent enrolment
- 44 False answers on enrolment
- 45 Unbecoming conduc
- 46 Certain forms of disgraceful conduct
- 47 III-treating a subordinat
- 48 Intoxication
- 49 Permitting escape of person in custody
- 50 Irregularity in connection with arrest or confinement
- 51 Escape from custody
- 52 Offences to respect of property
- 53 Extortion and corruption
- 54 Making away with equipmen
- 55 Injury to property
- 56 False accusation
- 57 Falsifying official documents and false declaration
- 58 Signing in blank and failure to report
- 59 Offences relating to courts-martial
- 60 False evidenc
- 61 Unlawful detention of pay
- 62 Offences in relation to aircraft and flyin
- 63 Other offences relating to aircraft and flying
- 64 Disobedience of lawful command of captain of aircraft
- 65 Violation of good order and air force discipline
- 66 Miscellaneous offences
- 67 Attempt
- 68 Abetment of offences that have been committed
- 69 Abetment of offences punishable with death and not committed
- 70 Abetment of offences punishable with imprisonment and not committed
- 71 Civil offence
- 72 Civil offences not triable by court-martial
