Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, namely:–
(a)destroys or injures any property mentioned in clause (a) of section35,or any property belonging to any Force mess, band or institution, or to any person subject to this Act; or
(b)commits any act which causes damage to, or destruction of, any property of the Government by fire; or
(c)kills, injures, makes away with, ill-treats or loses, any animal entrusted to him,
shall, on conviction by a Force Court, be liable, if he has acted wilfully, to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to tenyears or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned; and if he has acted without reasonable excuse, to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.