OF OFFENCES RELATING TO THE, NAVY AND AIR FORCE
131. Whoever abets the committing of mutiny by an officer, soldier, sailor or airman, in the Army, Navy or Air Force (*****) 2, or attempts to seduce any officer, soldier, sailor or airman from his allegiance or his duty, shall be punished with transportation for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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132.Whoever abets the committing of mutiny by an officer, soldier, sailor or airman, in the Army, Navy or Air Force (****)2, shall, if mutiny be committed in consequence of that abetment, be punished with death or with transportation for life, or imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
133. Whoever abets an assault by an officer, soldier, sailor or airman, in the Army, Navy or air Force (***)1, on any superior officer being in the execution of his office shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.
134. Whoever abets an assault by an officer, soldier, sailor or airman, in the Army, Navy or Air Force (**)1, on any superior officer being in the execution of his office, shall, if such assault be committed in consequence of that abetment, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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1. Inserted by Act XX. 1950.
2.Omitted by The Union of Burma(Adaptation of Laws)Order, 1948.
135. Whoever, abets the desertion of any officer, soldier, sailor or airman, in the Army, Navy or Air Force (***)1 shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years or with fine, or with both.
136. Whoever, except as hereinafter excepted, knowing or having reason to be1ieve that an officer, soldier, sailor or airmam, in the Army, Navy or Air Force, (***)1, has deserted, harbours such officer, soldier, sailor or airman, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
Exception. — This provision does not extend to the cases in with the harbour is given by a wife to her husband.
137. The master or person in charge of a merchant vessel, on board of which any deserter from the Army, Navy or Air Force *** *)1, is concealed, shall though ignorant of such concealment, be liable to penalty not exceeding five hundred rupees if he might have known of such concealment but for some neglect of his duty as such master person in charge, or but for some want of discipline on board of the vessel.
138. Whoever abets what he knows to be an act of insubordination by an officer, soldier, sailor or airman, in the Army, Navy or Air Force (***)1 shall if such act of insubordination be committed in consequence of that abetment, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.
2139. No person subject to the Burma Army Act, the Burma Naval Volunteer Reserve (Discipline) Act or the Burma Air Force (Discipline) Act, 1947, is subject to punishment under this Code for any of the offences defined in this Chapter.
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1. Omitted by the Union of Burma (Adaptation of Laws) Order, 1948.
2. Substituted ibid.
140. Whoever, not being a soldier, sailor or airman, in the Military, Naval or Air service [* * *] 1 wears any garb or carries any token resembling any garb or token used by such a soldlu, sa~.ur or airman, with the intention that it may be believed that he is such a soldier, sailor or airman, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.
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