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Penal Code, 1860 (Act No. XLV of 1860).
Abetment of such
assault, if the assault
is committed
134. Whoever, abets an assault by an officer, soldier sailor or airman, in the
Army, Navy or Air Force of Bangladesh, on any superior officer being in the
execution of his office, shall, if such assault be committed in consequence of that
abetment be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which
may extend to seven years, and shall be liable to fine.
135. Whoever abets the desertion of any officer, soldier, sailor or airman, in the
Army, Navy or Air Force of Bangladesh, shall be punished with imprisonment of
either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with
both.
136. Whoever, except as hereinafter excepted, knowing or having reason to
believe that an officer, soldier, sailor or airman, in the Army, Navy or Air Force of
Bangladesh, has deserted, harbours such officer, soldier, sailor or airman, shall be
punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
two years, or with fine, or with both.
Exception.This provision does not extend to the case in which the harbour is
given by a wife to her husband.
137. The master or person in charge of a merchant vessel, on board of which
any deserter from the Army, Navy or Air Force of Bangladesh is concealed, shall,
though ignorant of such concealment, be liable to a penalty not exceeding five
hundred taka if he might have known of such concealment but for some neglect
of his duty as such master or person in charge, or but for some want of
discipline on board of the vessel.
Abetment of
desertion of soldier,
sailor or airman
Harbouring deserter
Deserter concealed
on board merchant
vessel through
negligence of master
Abetment of act of
insubordination by
soldier, sailor or
airman
138. Whoever abets what he knows to be an act of insubordination by an officer,
soldier, sailor or airman, in the Army, Navy or Air Force of Bangladesh, shall, if
such act of insubordination be committed in consequence of that abetment, be
punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
six months, or with fine, or with both.
138A. [Repealed by section 2 and Schedule of the Amending Act, 1934 (Act No.
XXXV of 1934).]
59[ Repealed]
Persons subject to
certain acts
139. No person subject to the 60[ * * *] Army Act, 1952, the 61[ Navy
Ordinance, 1961], the 62[ * * *] Air Force Act, 1953, is subject to punishment
under this Code for any of the offences defined in this Chapter.
Wearing garb or
carrying token used
by soldier, sailor or
airman
140. Whoever, not being a soldier, sailor or airman in the Military, Naval or Air
service of Bangladesh, wears any garb or carries any token resembling any garb
or token used by such a soldier, sailor or airman with the intention that it may
be believed that he is such a soldier, sailor or airman, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months,
or with fine which may extend to five hundred taka or with both.
CHAPTER VIII
OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE PUBLIC TRANQUILITY
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