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The Army Act, 1952

( ACT NO. XXXIX OF 1952 )

Chapter V

OFFENCES

Certain forms of disgraceful conduct
41. Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,-
 
 
 
 
(a) malingers or feigns or produces disease or infirmity in himself, or intentionally delays his cure or aggravates his disease or infirmity; or
 
 
 
 
(b) with intent to render himself or any other person subject to this Act unfit for service, voluntarily causes hurt to himself or such other person; or
 
 
 
 
(c) is guilty of any disgraceful conduct of a cruel, indecent or unnatural kind;
 
 
 
 
shall, on conviction by court martial, be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years or with such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.

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