Section 42
Every person subject to service law under this Act who—
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Section 42
(a)
spreads (whether orally, in writing, by signal, or otherwise) reports relating to operations of His Majesty’s armed forces, of any forces co-operating therewith, or of any part of any of those forces, being reports calculated to create despondency or unnecessary alarm; or
(b)
when before the enemy uses words calculated to create despondency or unnecessary alarm, shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to imprisonment or any less punishment provided by this Act.
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Becoming prisoner of war through disobedience or wilful neglect;
and failure to rejoin forces