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.

237

ARTICLE 61.
Who shall, contrary to orders, be absent from his cantonment after tatoo,
or from camp after retreat beating; — or
ARTICLE 62.
Who shall sell, lose, or designedly or through neglect, waste the ammuni-
tion delivered out to him ;
Shall, if an officer, on conviction, be sentenced to suspension from rank
and pay and allowances, or to be reprimanded in such manner as the Com-
inander-in-Chief may direct;
And, if a soldier, shall, on conviction before a general, or district, or
garrison, or regimental court-martial, be sentenced to suffer such punish-
ment as any such courts-martial are by these Articles of War respectively
empowered to award;
Provided that such offender shall not be liable to be sentenced to suffer
corporal punishment, or imprisonment with hard labour.
ARTICLE 63.
All crimes not capital, and all disorders or neglects which officers or
soldiers may be guilty of, to the prejudice of good order and military
discipline, though not specified in these Articles, are to be taken cog-
nizance of by courts-martial, and to be punished according to the nature
and degree of the offence, by the sentence of a general, or district, or
garrison, or regimental court-martial; provided that a soldier shall not
for any such offences be liable to be sentenced to suffer corporal punish-
ment, or imprisonment with hard labour.

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ARTICLE 64.
Any person amenable to these Articles of War, who, when duly sum-
moned before a court-martial, shall not attend, or shall refuse to be
sworn, or to make affirmation, or to answer any lawful question, or who
shall induce any other person so to offend ;
Shall be punished according to the sentence of the same or another
court-martial, with dismissal or suspension from rank and pay and allow-
ances, if a commissioned officer ; with dismissal, or reduction to the ranks,
if a non-commissioned officer; or with dismissal, or imprisonment, if a
soldier;
Provided that such person, being a commissioned officer, shall not be
liable to be punished by any but a general court-martial, and that no
offender punished under the provision of this Article of War shall be
sentenced to suffer imprisonment with hard labour, or corporal punish-
ment.

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SECTION II.
Crimes and Punish-
ment.

Punishment.

Crimes not specified.

Crime.

Punishment.