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Section 66

Resistance to arrest

of Armed Forces Act 1972

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Section 66

(1)

Every person subject to service law under this Act who, being concerned in any quarrel or disorder, refuses to obey any officer who orders him into arrest, or strikes or otherwise uses violence to, or offers violence to, any such officer shall be guilty of an offence against this section whether or not the officer is his superior officer.

(2)

Every person subject to service law under this Act who strikes or otherwise uses violence to, or offers violence to, any person, whether subject to service law under this Act or not, whose duty it is to apprehend him or in whose custody he is, shall be guilty of an offence against this section.

(3)

Every person guilty of an offence under this section 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.

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