Every person subject to naval law--
(a) who wilfully does any act or wilfully disobeys any orders whether in hospital or elsewhere with intent to produce or to aggravate any disease or infirmity or to delay his cure; or
(b) who feigns any disease, infirmity or inability to perform his duty;
shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years or such other punishment as is hereinafter mentioned.
(a) who wilfully does any act or wilfully disobeys any orders whether in hospital or elsewhere with intent to produce or to aggravate any disease or infirmity or to delay his cure; or
(b) who feigns any disease, infirmity or inability to perform his duty;
shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years or such other punishment as is hereinafter mentioned.
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Section 1 · Short title and commencement.Section 2 · Persons subject to naval law.Section 3 · Definitions.Section 4 · Fundamental rights to apply to persons subject to naval law with modifications.Section 5 · Power of Central Government to raise and maintain naval forces.Section 6 · Provision respecting discipline of persons under engagement to serve Central Government.Section 7 · Relations between the members of the Navy, Army and Air Force acting together.Section 8 · Provision respecting discipline of master of merchant vessel under convoy.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 26 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.