Lawgist22Assault 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 his superior officer; or
(c) resists an escort whose duty it is to apprehend him or have him in charge; or
(d) breaks out of barracks, camp or quarters; or
(e) refuses to obey any general, local or other order,
shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend, in the case of 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 in either case 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
