if he commits any such offence when on active service, be liable to suffer long imprisonment; and
if he commits any such offence when not on active service, be liable to suffer short imprisonment.
37. Mutiny. 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 persons to cause, any mutiny in the
Military, Naval or Air Forces of Pakistan 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 commit such mutiny or any such conspiracy, does not, without delay, give
information thereof to his commanding or other superior officer ; or
(e) endeavours to seduce any person in the Military, Naval or Air Force of Pakistan from his
duty or allegiance to the Government ;
shall, on conviction by court‑martial, be liable to suffer death.
38. Desertion and aiding desertion.____(1) Any person subject to this Act who deserts or
attempts to desert the service, shall on conviction by court‑martial,___
if he commits the offence on active service or when under orders for active service, be liable to
suffer long imprisonment ; and
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