17Mutiny
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,—
(a) begins, incites, causes or conspires with any other person to cause any mutiny in the Security Guard or in the military, naval, air forces or any other armed force of India or any forces co-operating therewith; or
(b) joins in any such mutiny; or
(c) being present at any such mutiny, does not use his utmost endeavours to suppress the same; or
(d) knowing or having reason to believe in the existence of any such mutiny, or of any intention to mutiny or of any such conspiracy, does not, without delay, give information thereof to his Commander or other superior officer; or
(e) endeavours to seduce any person in the Security Guard or in the military, naval, air forces or any other armed force of India or any forces co-operating therewith from his duty or allegiance to the Union,
shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, be liable to suffer death or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.
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- 15 Offences in relation to the terrorists and other persons in arms against the Union and punishable with death
- 16 Offences punishable more severely on active duty than at other times
- 17 Mutiny
- 18 Desertion and aiding desertion
- 19 Absence without leave
- 20 Striking or threatening superior officer
- 21 Disobedience to superior officer
- 22 Assault and obstruction
- 23 Certain forms of disgraceful conduct
- 24 Ill-treating a subordinate
- 25 Drunkenness
- 26 Permitting escape of person in custody
- 27 Irregularity in connection with arrest or confinement
- 28 Escape from custody
- 29 Offences in respect of property
- 30 Extortion and exaction
- 31 Making away with equipment
- 32 Injury to property
- 33 False accusations
- 34 Falsifying official documents and false declarations
- 35 False declaration on appointment
- 36 Offences relating to Security Guard Court
- 37 False evidence
- 38 Unlawful detention of pay
- 39 Unbecoming conduct
- 40 Violation of good order and discipline
- 41 Miscellaneous offences
- 42 Attempt
- 43 Abetment of offences that have been committed
- 44 Abetment of offences that have not been committed
- 45 Civil offences
- 46 Civil offences not triable by a Security Guard Court