Section 49: Becoming a prisoner of war through disobedience or wilful neglect and failure to rejoin Armed Forces

(1) A person subject to service law under this Act who, through disobedience to order or wilful neglect of his duty, is captured by the enemy, is guilty of an offence under this section.
(2) A person subject to service law under this Act who, having been captured by the enemy, fails to take, or prevents or discourages any other person subject to service law under this Act who has been captured by the enemy from taking any reasonable steps which are available to him or, as the case may be, to that other person, to rejoin the Armed Forces, is guilty of an offence under this section.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable, on conviction by a court-martial, to imprisonment for life or any less punishment provided by this Act.