Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923

Insubordination.

39.—Every person subject to military law who commits any of the following offences, that is to say:—

(1) Being concerned in any quarrel, affray or disorder, the offence of refusing to obey, striking, using or offering violence to (a) any officer who lawfully orders him into arrest, or (b) any person in whose custody he is lawfully placed; or,

(2) The offence of resisting a patrol, escort or police guard whose duty it is to apprehend him, or have him in charge,

shall, on conviction by Court-Martial, be liable to suffer—

(a) If an officer, dismissal or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned; or

(b) If a soldier, detention, or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.