Cap. 220 Art. 57Offences in relation to public and service property.

(1) Any person subject to military law who -

(a) steals or fraudulently misapplies any public or service property, or is concerned in or connives at the stealing or fraudulent misapplication of any public or service property; or

(b) receives, or undertakes or assists in the retention, removal, disposal or realisation by or for the benefit of another person of, any stolen goods or of goods fraudulently misapplied knowing the same to have been stolen or to have been fraudulently misapplied, where such goods were public or service property; or

(c) wilfully damages, or is concerned in the wilful damage of, any public or service property, including aircraft or aircraft material; or

(d) by wilful neglect causes damage by fire to any public or service property; or

(e) by wilful neglect causes damage to, or the loss of any public or service property consisting of aircraft or aircraft material; or

(f) without lawful authority disposes of any public or service property consisting of aircraft or aircraft material, shall on conviction by court-martial, be liable to imprisonment or any less punishment provided by this Act.

(2) Any person subject to military law who, during a state of war, wilfully and without proper occasion or negligently causes the sequestration by or under the authority of a neutral state or the destruction in a neutral state of any of the force’s aircraft shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to imprisonment or any less punishment provided by this Act: Provided that if he has not acted wilfully or with wilful neglect he shall not be liable to imprisonment for a term exceeding two years.