Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923

Malingering or inducing injury. Disgraceful conduct.

48.—Every person subject to military law who commits any of the following offences, that is to say:—

(1) The offence of malingering or feigning or inducing in himself any disease or infirmity; or

(2) The offence of injuring himself or any other person subject to military law, with the intention of rendering himself or such person unfit for service; or

(3) The offence of causing himself to be injured by any person, with the intention of rendering himself unfit for service; or

(4) The offence of being guilty of any misconduct or of any wilful disobedience, whether in hospital or otherwise, of any orders, by means of which misconduct or disobedience he produces or aggravates disease or infirmity or delays its cure; or

(5) The offence of assisting or conniving at the commission of any offence specified in any of the foregoing clauses; or

(6) The offence of being guilty of any disgraceful conduct of a cruel, indecent or unnatural kind not before specifically in this Act mentioned,

shall, on conviction by Court-Martial, be liable to suffer imprisonment or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.