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Drunkenness.
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49.—(1) Every person subject to military law who commits the following offence, that is to say:—
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The offence of being drunk when on duty,
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shall, on conviction by Court-Martial, be liable—
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(a) If an officer and the offence is committed on active service, to suffer dismissal with ignominy or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned; or
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(b) If an officer, and the offence is committed not on active service, to suffer dismissal or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned; or
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(c) If a soldier and the offence is committed on active service, to suffer imprisonment or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned; or
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(d) If a soldier and the offence is committed not on active service, to suffer detention or such less, punishment as is in this Act mentioned.
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(2) Every person subject to military law who commits the following offence, that is to say:—
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The offence of being drunk when not on duty,
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shall, on conviction by Court-Martial, be liable—
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(a) If an officer, to suffer dismissal or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned; or
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(b) If a soldier, to suffer detention for six months or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.
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