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Offences in relation to the enemy not punishable with death.
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33.—Every person subject to military law who on active service commits any of the following offences, that is to say:—
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(1) The offence of being taken prisoner through disobedience of orders, wilful neglect of duty, or want of due precaution; or,
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(2) Having been taken prisoner, the offence of failing to rejoin the Forces when able to rejoin the same; or,
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(3) The offence of in any way spreading reports, or using words, calculated to cause alarm or despondency among the Forces, or among the civilian population; or
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(4) The offence of leaving the ranks without orders from his superior officer in order to secure prisoners, or on the pretence of taking wounded men to the rear;
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shall on conviction by Court-Martial be liable to suffer penal servitude, or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.
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