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Striking or threatening a superior officer.
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37.—(1) Every person subject to military law who commits the following offence, that is to say:—
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The offence of striking or using or offering any violence to a superior officer being in the execution of his office.
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shall on conviction by Court-Martial, if he commits any such offence on active service be liable to suffer death or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned, and if he commits any such offence not on active service be liable to suffer penal servitude 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 striking or using or offering violence to or using threatening or insubordinate language to a superior officer,
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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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