Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,—
(a) shamefully abandons or delivers up any post, place or guard, committed to his charge or which it is his duty to defend; or
(b) intentionally uses any means to compel or induce any person subject to this Act or to military, naval or air force law to abstain from acting against the enemy or to discourage such person from acting against the enemy; or
(c) in the presence of the enemy shamefully casts away his arms, ammunition, tools or equipment or misbehaves in such manner as to show cowardice; or
(d) treacherously holds correspondence with, or communicates intelligence to, the enemy or any person in arms against the Union; or
(e) directly or indirectly assists the enemy with money, arms, ammunition, stores or supplies or in any other manner whatsoever; or
(f) in time of active operation against the enemy, intentionally occasions a fase alarm in action, camp, quarters, or spreads or causes to be spread reports calculated to create alarm or despondency; or
(g) in time of action leaves his Commandant or other superior officer or his post, guard, picket, patrol or party without being regularly relieved or without leave; or
(h) having been captured by the enemy or made a prisoner of war, voluntarily serves with or aids the enemy; or
(i) knowingly harbours or protects an enemy not being a prisoner; or
(j) being a sentry in time of active operation against the enemy or alarm, sleeps upon his post or is intoxicated; or
(k) knowingly does any act calculated to imperil the success of the Force or the military, naval or air forces of India or any forces co-operating therewith or any part of such forces,
shall, on conviction by a Security Force Court, be liable to suffer death or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.
(a) shamefully abandons or delivers up any post, place or guard, committed to his charge or which it is his duty to defend; or
(b) intentionally uses any means to compel or induce any person subject to this Act or to military, naval or air force law to abstain from acting against the enemy or to discourage such person from acting against the enemy; or
(c) in the presence of the enemy shamefully casts away his arms, ammunition, tools or equipment or misbehaves in such manner as to show cowardice; or
(d) treacherously holds correspondence with, or communicates intelligence to, the enemy or any person in arms against the Union; or
(e) directly or indirectly assists the enemy with money, arms, ammunition, stores or supplies or in any other manner whatsoever; or
(f) in time of active operation against the enemy, intentionally occasions a fase alarm in action, camp, quarters, or spreads or causes to be spread reports calculated to create alarm or despondency; or
(g) in time of action leaves his Commandant or other superior officer or his post, guard, picket, patrol or party without being regularly relieved or without leave; or
(h) having been captured by the enemy or made a prisoner of war, voluntarily serves with or aids the enemy; or
(i) knowingly harbours or protects an enemy not being a prisoner; or
(j) being a sentry in time of active operation against the enemy or alarm, sleeps upon his post or is intoxicated; or
(k) knowingly does any act calculated to imperil the success of the Force or the military, naval or air forces of India or any forces co-operating therewith or any part of such forces,
shall, on conviction by a Security Force Court, be liable to suffer death or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.
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Section 1 · Short title and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Persons subject to this Act.Section 4 · Constitution of the Force.Section 5 · Control, direction.Section 6 · Enrolment.Section 7 · Liability for service outside India.Section 8 · Resignation and withdrawal from the post.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 17 Oct 2026. Source metadata reports last modification: 2019-11-29. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.