Section 52: Mutiny

(1) A person subject to service law under this Act who-
(a) takes part in a mutiny involving the use of violence or the threat of the use of violence or having as its object or one of its objects the refusal or avoidance of any duty or service against, or in connection with operations against the enemy, or the impeding of the performance of that duty or service; or
(b)
incites any other person subject to service law under this Act to take part in a mutiny, whether actual or intended,
is guilty of an offence under this subsection and liable, on conviction by a court-martial, to suffer death.
(2) A person subject to service law under this Act who, in a case not falling within subsection (1) of this section, takes part in a mutiny, or incites any person subject to service law to take part in a mutiny, whether actual or intended, is guilty of an offence under this subsection and liable, on conviction by a court-martial, to life imprisonment.
(3)
In this section and other sections of this Act, "mutiny" means a combination between two or more persons subject to service law under this Act or between persons, two at least of whom are subject to service law under this Act-
(a) to overthrow or resist lawful authority in the Federation or in any arm or service of the Armed Forces or in any force co-operating with the Armed Forces or in any part of those forces; or
(b) to disobey the authority as is mentioned in paragraph (a) of this subsection in such circumstances as to make the disobedience subversive of discipline, or with the object of avoiding any duty or service against, or in connection with operations against the enemy; or
(c) to impede the performance of any duty or service in the Federation or in any arm or service of the Armed Forces or in any force co-operating with the Armed Forces or in any part of those forces.