Of Offences Againstthe State
IPC Section 138 - Abetment of act of insubordinatio n by soldier, sailor or airman
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 138 deals with abetment of act of insubordinatio n by soldier, sailor or airman.
Full official legal text
138. Abetment of act of insubordinatio n by soldier, sailor or airman. Whoever abets what he
knows to be an act of insubordination by an officer, soldier, 8[sailor or airman], in the Army, 9[Navy or air
Force], of the 10[Government of India], shall, if such act of i nsubordination be committed in consequence
of that abetment, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six
months, or with fine, or with both.
1138A. [Application of foregoing sections to the Indian Marine Service.] Rep. by the Amending Act,
1934 (35 of 1934), s. 2 and Sch.
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