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The Army Act, 1952

( ACT NO. XXXIX OF 1952 )

Chapter V

OFFENCES

Other service offences
30. Any person subject to this Act who-
 
 
(a) by any means whatever, negligently occasions a false alarm; or
 
 
 
 
(b) makes known the parole, watchword, or countersign to any person not entitled to receive it, or, without good and sufficient cause, gives a watchword, parole or countersign different from what he received; or
 
 
(c) irregularly detains or appropriates to his own unit or detachment any provisions or supplies proceeding to the forces, contrary to orders issued in that respect;
 
 
 
 
shall, on conviction by court martial, be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.

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