TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government Enacted1950

Army Act, 1950 Section 46

Certain Forms of Disgraceful Conduct

Section Text


Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,--

(a) is guilty of any disgraceful conduct of a cruel, indecent or unnatural kind; or

(b) malingers, or feigns, or produces disease or infirmity in himself, or intentionally delays his cure or aggravates his disease of infirmity; or

(c) with intent to render himself or any other person unfit for service, voluntarily causes hurt to himself or that person,

shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.