Cap. 220 ст. 51Absence without leave.

(1) Any person subject to military law who -

(a) absents himself without leave; or

(b) persuades or procures any person subject to military law to absent himself without leave, shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or any less punishment provided by this Act.

(2) For the purposes of this Act, failure by an officer or man of the territorial force to appear at the time and place appointed for assembling on embodiment or at the time and place appointed on his being called out for special service, as the case may be, in accordance with directions given under article 26 or article 28, shall, if such failure is without leave lawfully granted or such sickness or other reasonable excuse as may be allowed in the prescribed manner, be deemed to be absence without leave within the meaning of sub-article (1), and this Act shall apply to, or in relation to, such person accordingly.