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Permitting escape of prisoners.
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50.—Every person subject to military law who commits the following offence, that is to say:—
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The offence of releasing without proper authority, or aiding or wilfully or negligently allowing to escape any person whom it is his duty to keep or guard, or any person committed to his charge,
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shall, on conviction by Court-Martial, be liable to suffer—
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(a) If the offence was committed on active service, death or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned; or
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(b) If the offence was committed not on active service, penal servitude or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.
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