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PART II.
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CHAPTER I.
Discipline.
Offences.
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Offences in relation to the enemy punishable with death.
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32.—Every person subject to military law who commits any of the following offences, that is to say:—
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(1) The offence of unjustifiably surrendering, yielding or abandoning any garrison, guard, place, post or position which it was his duty to defend; or
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(2) The offence of endeavouring in any way to persuade, induce or compel any person subject to military law to commit the offence specified in the foregoing clause; or
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(3) The offence of treacherously or without due authority holding communication or correspondence with, or giving intelligence to the enemy; or
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(4) The offence of misbehaving or inducing others to misbehave before the enemy in such a way as to show cowardice; or
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(5) Having been made a prisoner of war the offence of voluntarily serving with or voluntarily aiding the enemy; or
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(6) The offence of assisting the enemy with arms, ammunition or supplies; or
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(7) The offence of treacherously assisting the enemy in any way not specifically hereinbefore mentioned in this Section; or
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(8) The offence of knowingly when on active service doing any act calculated to imperil the success of, or endanger, any portion of the Forces; or
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(9) The offence of attempting to commit any of the offences specified in sub-sections (3), (6) and (7) of this Section;
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shall on conviction by Court-Martial be liable to suffer death or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.
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