Lawgist55Injury to property
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,--
(a) destroys or injures any property mentioned in clause (a) of section 54 or any property belonging to any military, naval or air force mess, band or institution, or to any person subject to military, naval or air force law, or serving with, or attached to, the regular Army; or
(b) commits any act which causes damage to, or destruction of, any property of the Government by fire; or
(c) kills, injures, makes away with, ill-treats or loses any, animal entrusted to him;
shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable, if he has acted wilfully, to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to fourteen years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned; and if he has acted without reasonable excuse, to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven 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
