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Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971

Offences - Offences relating to property

61: Destruction of or damage to service property or property of comrade

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"Don't damage Armed Forces property on purpose or by accident."

Illustration for Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971

If you are in the Armed Forces, you must not damage or destroy property that belongs to the service. This includes property that belongs to someone in the service or property they have a special interest in. If you do this on purpose without a good reason, you could go to prison for up to 10 years. If you damage or destroy property by accident, you could still go to prison for up to 2 years. You need to be careful with service property and other people's property to avoid getting in trouble.

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Offences relating to property

61Destruction of or damage to service property or property of comrade

  1. Every person subject to this Act commits an offence, and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, who, without authority or other lawful excuse, wilfully causes or permits damage to or the destruction of—

  2. any service property; or
    1. any property belonging to a person subject to service law or in which a person subject to service law has a special property or interest.

      1. Every person subject to this Act commits an offence, and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, who negligently causes or permits damage to or the destruction of—

      2. any service property; or
        1. any property belonging to a person subject to service law or in which a person subject to service law has a special property or interest.