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Version Superseded: 28/03/2009

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14 Malingering. U.K.

Section 42(1)(c) of the Army Act 1955 (under which the injuring of another person can constitute malingering only if he is a person subject to military law), section 42(1)(c) of the Air Force Act 1955 (under which the person injured must be subject to air-force law), and section 27(1) of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (under which malingering does not include injury to others) shall be amended as follows:—

(a)in the said sections 42(1)(c), the words “service law” shall be substituted for the words “military law” or, as the case may be, “air-force law”, and

(b)in the said section 27(1), after the words “with that intent” there shall be inserted the words “if he injures another person subject to service law at the instance of that other person and with intent thereby to render that other person unfit for service”.

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C1The text of ss. 2–25, 27–32, 34–50, 52, 53, 55–63, 65, 66, 68, 70–75, 77(1), Schs. 2, 4 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

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