if he commits the offence under any other circumstances, be liable to suffer short imprisonment.
(2) Any person subject to this Act,___
who knowingly harbours any such deserters ; or
who being cognisant of any desertion or attempt at desertion of a person subject to this
Act, does not forthwith give notice to his own or some other superior officer, or take any
steps in his powers to cause such person to be apprehended;
shall, on conviction by court‑martial, be liable to suffer short imprisonment.
39. Absence without leave. Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following
offences, that is to say,___
(a) absents himself without leave ; or
(b) without sufficient cause overstays leave granted to him ; or
(c) being on leave of absence and having received information from proper authority that any
unit or detachment to which he belongs, has been ordered on active service fails, without
sufficient cause, to rejoin without delay ; or
(d) without sufficient cause fails to appear at the time fixed, at the parade or place appointed
for exercise or duty ; or
(e) when on parade, or on the line of march, without sufficient cause, or without leave from
his superior officer, quits the parade or line of march; or
(f) when in camp or elsewhere, is found beyond any limits fixed, or in any place prohibited by
any general, local or other order without a pass or written leave from his superior officer ;
or
(g) without leave from his superior officer or without due cause, absents himself from
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