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Offences against morale.
Mutiny.
Failure to suppress mutiny.
Offences in relation to guard and other duties.
Looting.
Insubordinate behaviour.
Assault or ill-treatment of subordinates.
Disobedience to lawful commands, directions or orders.
Offences in relation to desertion, absence and failure to perform
duties.
Malingering.
Offences in relation to drunkenness and disorderly behaviour.
Offences in relation to State property or service property.
Miscellaneous offences in relation to State property or service property.
Offences in relation to property of members.
Billeting offences.
Offences in relation to requisitioning of vehicles and other property.
Offences in relation to driving of motor vehicles of State.
Offences in relation to flying or use of aircraft of State.
Hazarding of and interference with aircraft, vehicles, vessels and other property of State.
Obstructing or refusing to assist arrest or custody of members.
Resisting arrest and escape from custody.
Offences in relation to arrest and investigation of charges.
Permitting escape and unlawful release of prisoners.
Making of false statements on attestation.
Making of false documents.
Offences in relation to false accusations or statements.
Offences in relation to redress of wrongs.
False representation concerning rank.
Offences in relation to wearing of decorations.
Scandalous conduct of officer.
Disgraceful conduct.
Conduct to prejudice of military discipline.
Civil offences.
Attempt, conspiracy or incitement to commit offences.
Interpretation
1. (1) In this Schedule—
“mutiny” means an agreement between persons two at least of whom are members—
(a ) to overthrow or to resist lawful authority in—
(i) the Defence Forces; or
(ii) any other Military Forces; or
(iii) any part of any of the Forces referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ii); or
(b ) to disobey any lawful authority referred to in paragraph (a ) in such circumstances as to make disobedience subversive of
discipline; or
(c) with the object of avoiding any duty or service against, or in connection with operations against, the enemy; or
(d ) to impede the performance of any duty or service in—
(i) the Defence Forces; or
(ii) any other Military Forces; or
(iii) any part of any of the Forces referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ii);
“paragraph” means a paragraph of this Schedule;
“requisition” means a requisition referred to in subsection (1) of section ninety-five ;
“service property” means any property of any mess or other institution, organization or association whatsoever of members of the
Defence Forces;
“State property” means any property belonging to the State or any other Military Forces;
“unfit” includes temporarily unfit.
(2) For the purposes of this Schedule, a member deserts who—
(a ) leaves the Defence Forces or, when it is his duty to do so, fails to join or rejoin the Defence Forces or any other forces to which
he is attached or seconded in terms of this Act with, in either case, the intention, subsisting at the time of the leaving or failure or
formed thereafter, of remaining permanently absent from his duty:
Provided that, in the case of a member who is absent without leave for a continuous period of thirty days or more, it shall be
presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that he has formed the intention of remaining permanently absent from his duty; or
(b ) being an officer, enlists in or enters any other Military Forces without having resigned his commission; or
(c) being a non-commissioned officer or soldier, enlists in or enters any other Military Forces without having been discharged from
the Defence Forces; or
(d ) absents himself without leave with intent to avoid serving at any place outside Zimbabwe or to avoid service or any particular
service when before the enemy;
and “desertion” or “to desert” shall be construed accordingly.
Aiding the enemy
2. Any member who —
(a ) abandons or delivers up any place or post which it is his duty to defend against the enemy or induces any person to abandon or
deliver up any place or post which it is that person’s duty to defend against the enemy; or
(b ) does any act calculated to imperil the success of operations of—
(i) the Defence Forces; or
(ii) any other Military Forces; or
(iii) any part of any of the Forces referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ii);
against the enemy; or
(c) having been made a prisoner of war, serves with or aids the enemy in the prosecution of hostilities or of measures calculated to
influence morale or aids the enemy in any other manner whatsoever not authorized by international usage; or
(d ) furnishes the enemy with arms or ammunition or with supplies of any description; or
(e) harbours or protects an enemy not being a prisoner of war;
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