Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DEFENCE FORCE DISCIPLINE ACT 1982 - SECT 21

  (1)   A defence member commits an offence if:

  (a)   a mutiny is taking place or is intended; and

  (b)   the member knows that fact; and

  (c)   the member does not take reasonable steps:

  (i)   to suppress or prevent the mutiny; or

  (ii)   to report to proper authority without delay that the mutiny is taking place or is intended.

Maximum punishment:   Imprisonment for 2 years.

  (2)   A defence member commits an offence if:

  (a)   a mutiny is taking place or is intended; and

  (b)   the member knows that fact; and

  (c)   the member knows, or could reasonably be expected to know, that the mutiny's object, or one of its objects, is:

  (i)   the refusal or avoidance of duty or service in connection with operations against the enemy; or

  (ii)   the impeding of the performance of such duty or service; and

  (d)   the member does not take reasonable steps:

  (i)   to suppress or prevent the mutiny; or

  (ii)   to report to proper authority without delay that the mutiny is taking place or is intended.

Maximum punishment:   Imprisonment for 5 years.