Section 85: Permitting escape and unlawful release of prisoner

(1) A person subject to service law under this Act who wilfully allows to escape a person who is committed to his charge or whom it is his duty to guard, is guilty of an offence under this section and liable, on conviction by a court-martial, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or any less punishment provided by this Act.
(2) A person subject to service law under this Act who-
(a) without proper authority, releases a person who is committed to his charge; or
(b) without reasonable excuse, allows to escape a person who is committed to his charge or whom it is his duty to guard,
is guilty of an offence and liable, on conviction by a court-martial, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or any less punishment provided by this Act.