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THE ARMY ACT, 1950 · OFFENCES

Section 46 — Certain forms of disgraceful conduct

Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,—
(a)is guilty of any disgraceful conduct of a cruel, indecent or unnatural kind; or
(b)malingers, or feigns, or produces disease or infirmity in himself, or intentionally delays his cure or aggravates his disease or infirmity; or
(c)with intent to render himself or any other person unfit for service, voluntarily causes hurt to himself or that person;
shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.