Reserve Forces Act 1980

107 Assistance in desertion.U.K.

Any person who, in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, by any means whatsoever—

(a)procures or persuades any man of the Territorial Army or of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force to commit an offence of desertion contrary to section 106 above, or attempts to procure or persuade any such man to commit such an offence, or

(b)knowing that any such man is about to commit such an offence aids or assists him in so doing, or

(c)knowing any such man to be a deserter contrary to section 106 above, procures or persuades or assists him to remain such a deserter, or assists in his rescue from custody,

shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F1level 3 on the standard scale]or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months.