attempting to desert or of being absent without leave.
(2) A person charged before a Court‑martial with attempting to desert may be found guilty of
being absent without leave.
(3) A person charged before a Court‑martial with using criminal force may be found guilty of
assault.
(4) A person charged before a Court‑martial with using threatening language may be found guilty
of using insubordinate language.
(5) A person charged before a Court‑martial with any one of the offences specified in clauses (a),
(b), (c) and (d) of section 52 may be found guilty of any other of these offences with which he might
have been charged.
(6) A person charged before a Court‑martial with an offence punishable under section 71 may be
found guilty of any other offence of which he might have been found guilty if the provisions of the
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898), were applicable.
(7) A person charged before a Court‑martial with any other offence under this Act may, on failure
of proof of an offence having been committed in circumstances involving a more severe punishment,
be found guilty of the same offence as having been committed in circumstances involving a less
severe punishment.
(8) A person charged before Court‑martial with any offence under this Act may be found guilty of
having attempted to commit or of abetment of that offence although the attempt or abetment is not
separately charged.
138. Presumption as to signature. In any proceeding under this Act, any application, certificate,
warrant, reply or other document purporting to be signed by an officer in
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