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Section 17: Mutiny.

The Border Security Force Act, 1968Central Act · Act 47 of 1968

Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,—

(a) begins, incites, causes or conspires with any other person to cause any mutiny in the Force or in the military, naval or air forces of India or any forces co-operating therewith; or

(b) joins in any such mutiny; or

(c) being present at any such mutiny, does not use his utmost endeavours to suppress the same; or

(d) Knowing or having reason to believe in the existence of any such mutiny, or of any intention to mutiny or of any such conspiracy, does not, without delay, give information thereof to his Commandant or other superior officer; or

(e) endeavours to seduce any person in the Force or in the military, naval or air forces of India or any forces co-operating therewith from his duty or allegiance to the Union,

shall, on conviction by a Security Force Court, be liable to suffer death or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Border Security Force Act, 1968
Section17
Marginal noteMutiny.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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