Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923

Penalty for interference with military duties, etc.

189.—Any person who—

(a) wilfully obstructs, impedes, or otherwise interferes with any officer or soldier in the execution of his duties; or,

(b) wilfully produces any disease or infirmity in, or maims or injures, any man whom he knows to be a soldier with a view to enabling such a man to avoid military service; or,

(c) with the intent of enabling a soldier to render himself, or induce the belief that he is, permanently or temporarily unfit for service, supplies to or for such soldier any drug or preparation calculated to, or likely to render him, or lead to the belief that he is, permanently or temporarily, unfit for service,

shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a term of imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, or to both such imprisonment and fine.