Section 107: Robbery

(1) A person subject to service law under this Act who steals anything and, at or immediately before or immediately after the time of stealing it, uses or threatens to use actual violence to any person or property in order-
(a) to obtain or retain the thing stolen; or
(b) to prevent or overcome resistance to the thing being stolen or retained,
is guilty of robbery and liable, on conviction by a court-martial, to a term of imprisonment not exceeding fourteen years.
(2) If the robbery is committed by a person subject to service law under this Act, armed with a dangerous or an offensive weapon or instrument, he is liable, on conviction by a court-martial, to suffer death and to a fine.