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Armed Forces Act 1971

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16Disorderly conduct

(1)The following provision shall be inserted in the Army Act 1955 after section 43:—

“Disorderly conduct
43AFighting, threatening words etc.

Any person subject to military law who, without reasonable excuse—

(a)fights with any other person, whether subject to military law or not, or

(b)uses threatening, abusive, insulting or provocative words or behaviour likely to cause a disturbance,

shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or any less punishment provided by this Act.”

(2)The provision set out in subsection (1) above shall also be inserted in the Air Force Act 1955 after section 43, but modified for that purpose by the substitution throughout of " air-force law " for " military law ".

(3)Section 13 of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 shall be amended so as to correspond with the said provision, that is to say, by inserting the words " without reasonable excuse " at the end of the words preceding paragraph (a), and by omitting the words " or quarrels " after the word " fights " in that paragraph.

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