Section 47
Mutiny
(1)
Every person subject to service law under this Act who—
(a)
takes part in a mutiny involving the use of violence or the threat of the use of violence;
(b)
takes part in a mutiny having as its object or one of its objects the refusal or avoidance of any duty or service against, or in connection with operations against, the enemy, or the impeding of the performance of any such duty or service; or
(c)
incites any other person subject to service law under this
Act to take part in such a mutiny, whether actual or intended, shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to suffer death or any less punishment provided by this Act.
(2)
Every person subject to service law under this Act who, in a case not falling within the foregoing subsection, takes part in a mutiny or incites any person subject to service law under this Act to take part in a mutiny, whether actual or intended, shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to imprisonment or any less punishment provided by this Act.
(3)
In this Act, the expression “mutiny” means the combination between two or more persons subject to service law under this Act, or between persons of whom at least two are subject to service law under this Act—
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(a)
to overthrow or resist lawful authority in the armed forces or in forces co-operating therewith or in any part of the said forces;
(b)
to disobey such authority in such circumstances as to make the disobedience subversive of discipline; or with the object of avoiding any duty or service against, or in connection with operations against, the enemy; or
(c)
to impede the purpose of any duty or service in the armed forces or in forces co-operating therewith or in any part of the said forces.