Clarke, Richard [Editor]: The regulations of the government of Fort William in Bengal in force at the end of 1853 - to which are added, the acts of the government of India in force in that presidency: with lists of titles and an index (3): Acts from 1834 to 1853 (London, 1854)

A.D. 1847.]

ACT XIX.

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ARTICLE 82.
Who, at any post, or on the march, shall illegally and against the will
of the parties extort money or property of any description, as fees or
duties, or on any pretence whatever; or shall, without authority, exact
from villagers or others, carriage, porterage, or provisions ; — or
ARTICLE 33.
Who shall wantonly and intentionally defile any place dedicated to
religious worship, or shall wantonly and intentionally insult the religious
prejudices of other persons;
Shall, if an ofEcer, on conviction, he sentenced to he dismissed the ser-
vice, or to be suspended from rank and pay and allowances;
And, if a soldier, shall, on conviction before a general, district, or garri-
son court-martial, be sentenced to suffer such punishment as a general, or
district, or garrison court-martial is by these Articles of War respectively
empowered to award.
Provided that such offender shall not be sentenced to death, or trans-
portation, or corporal punishment.

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ARTICLE 34.
Any officer or soldier, who, being under arrest or in confinement, shall
leave his arrest or confinement before he is set at liberty by competent
authority; — or
ARTICLE 85.
Who shall malinger, feign, or intentionally produce disease or infirmity;
or intentionally delay his cure ; or intentionally aggravate his disease or
infirmity; — or
ARTICLE 86.
Who shall, without orders, commit any waste, or spoil, or plunder, or
shall injure or destroy any property; — or
ARTICLE 87.
Any soldier who shall, contrary to orders, when off duty, appear in or
about camp or cantonments, or on occasion of visiting towns or bazars,
carrying a sword, bludgeon, or other weapon; — or
ARTICLE 38.
Who shall sell, pawn, or designedly, or through neglect, lose or injure
his horse, arms, clothes, accoutrements or regimental necessaries; or any
of the above articles entrusted or belonging to any other soldier;
Shall, on conviction before a general, district, or garrison, or regimental
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SECTION II.
Crimes and Punish-
ment.

Punishment.

Crimes.

Punishment.