24. Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,-(a) shamefully abandons or delivers up any garrison, fortress, airfield, place, post or guard committed to his charge or which it is his duty to defend, or uses any means to compel or induce any commanding officer or other person to do any of the said act; or(b) in the presence of any enemy, shamefully casts away his arms, ammunition, tools or equipment, or misbehaves in such manner as to show cowardice; or(c) intentionally uses words or any other means to compel or induce any person subject to this Act, or to ¹[* * *] the Air Force Act, 1953, or to the Navy Ordinance, 1961, to abstain from acting against the enemy or to discourage such person from acting against the enemy; or(d) directly or indirectly, treacherously holds correspondence with, or communicates intelligence to, the enemy or who coming to the knowledge of such correspondence or communication treacherously omits to discover it to his commanding or other superior officer; or(e) directly or indirectly assists or relieves the enemy with arms, ammunition, equipment, supplies or money, or knowingly harbours or protects an enemy not being a prisoner; or(f) treacherously or through cowardice sends a flag of truce to the enemy; or(g) in time of war, or during any operation, intentionally occasions a false alarm in action, camp, garrison or quarters, or spreads reports calculated to create alarm or despondency; or(h) in time of action, leaves his commanding officer, or quits his post, guard, picquet, patrol or party without being regularly relieved or without leave; or(i) having been made a prisoner of war, voluntarily serves with or aids the enemy; or(j) knowingly does when on active service any act calculated to imperil the success of the Bangladesh forces or any forces co-operating therewith or of any part of such forces;shall, on conviction by court martial, be punished with death or with such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.