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THE NAVY ACT, 1957 · OFFENCES IN RELATION TO COURTS-MARTIAL, DISCIPLINARY COURTS AND PRISONS

Section 165 — Offences by persons not subject to naval law in relation to courts-martial and disciplinary courts

Every person not subject to naval law, who,—
(a)being duly summoned or ordered to attend as a witness before a court-martial or disciplinary court fails to attend without due cause, or
(b)refuses to take an oath or make an affirmation legally required by a court-martial or disciplinary court to be taken or made, or
(c)being sworn or affirmed, refuses to answer any questions put by or before a court-martial or disciplinary court, which he is in law bound to answer, or
(d)refuses to produce or deliver up a document in his power which the court-martial or disciplinary court may legally demand, or
(e)is guilty of contempt of court-martial or disciplinary court,
shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.