C1Part I Articles of war
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Insubordination and similar offences
11F2 Insubordinate behaviour.
Every person subject to this Act who—
a
. . . F3 uses violence to, or offers violence to, his superior officer, or
b
uses threatening or insubordinate language to, or behaves with contempt to, his superior officer,
shall be liable to imprisonment or any less punishment authorised by this Act:
Provided that it shall be a defence for any person charged under this section, to prove that he neither knew nor had reasonable cause to believe that the person in relation to whom the offence is alleged to have been committed was his superior officer.
Pt. I (ss. 1-44) applied (1.6.1996) by Armed Forces Act 1991 (c. 62), ss. 18(9)(c), 20(10)(c), 27(2); S.I. 1996/1173, art. 2