54Making away with equipment
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,--
(a) makes away with, or is concerned in making away with, any arms, ammunition, equipment, instruments. tools, clothing or any other thing being the property of the Government issued to him for his use or entrusted to him; or
(b) loses by neglect anything mentioned in clause (a); or
(c) sells, pawns, destroys or defaces any medal or decoration granted to him;
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 clause (a) to ten years, and in the case of the offences specified in the other clauses to five 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 officers
- 41 Disobedience to superior officer
- 42 Insubordination and obstruction
- 43 Fraudulent enrolment
- 44 False answers on enrolment
- 45 Unbecoming conduct
- 46 Certain forms of disgraceful conduct
- 47 Ill-treating a subordinate
- 48 Intoxication
- 49 Permitting escape of person in custody
- 50 Irregularity in connection with arrest or confinement
- 51 Escape from custody
- 52 Offences in respect of property
- 53 Extortion and corruption
- 54 Making away with equipment
- 55 Injury to property
- 56 False accusations
- 57 Falsifying official documents and false declaration
- 58 Signing in blank and failure to report
- 59 Offences relating to courts-martial
- 60 False evidence
- 61 Unlawful detention of pay
- 62 Offences in relation to aircraft and flying
- 63 Violation of good order and discipline
- 64 Miscellaneous offences
- 65 Attempt
- 66 Abetment of offences that have been committed
- 67 Abetment of offences punishable with death and not committed
- 68 Abetment of offences punishable with imprisonment and not committed
- 69 Civil offences
- 70 Civil offence not triable by court-martial