Section 49
Damage to and loss of public or service property etc.
of Royal Brunei Armed Forces Act
(1)
Any person subject to military law who —
(a)
wilfully damages or causes the loss of, or is concerned in the wilful damage or loss of, any public or service property, or any property belonging to another person so subject; or
(b)
by wilful neglect causes or allows damage to, or the loss of, any public or service property or property so belonging, shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to imprisonment or any less punishment provided by this Act.
(2)
Any person subject to military law who —
(a)
by any negligent act or omission causes or allows damage to, or the loss of any public or service property; or
(b)
is guilty of any wilful or negligent act or omission which is likely to cause damage to, or the loss of, any such property, shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to imprisonment for 2 years or any less punishment provided by this Act.
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Damage to and loss of aircraft or aircraft material 50.
(1)
Without prejudice to the generality of section 49, a person subject to military law is guilty of an offence if he —
(a)
wilfully damages or causes the loss of, or is concerned in the wilful damage or loss of any aircraft or aircraft material of His
Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan;
(b)
by wilful neglect, causes or allows damage to, or the loss of, any such aircraft or aircraft material;
(c)
without lawful authority disposes of any such aircraft or aircraft material;
(d)
by any negligent act or omission, causes or allows damage to, or the loss of, any such aircraft or aircraft material; or
(e)
is guilty of any wilful or negligent act or omission which is likely to cause damage to, or the loss of, any such aircraft or aircraft material.
(2)
A person guilty of an offence against this section shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable —
(a)
if his offence consisted in an act or omission falling within subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c), to imprisonment or any less punishment provided by this Act;
(b)
in any other case, to imprisonment for 2 years or any less punishment provided by this Act.
Misapplication or waste of public or service property 51.
Any person subject to military law who misapplies or wastefully expends public or service property shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to imprisonment for 2 years or any less punishment provided by this
Act.
Offences relating to issues and decorations 52.
(1)
Any person subject to military law who makes away with
(whether by pawning, selling, destroying or in any other way), or loses, or by negligence, damages or allows to be damaged —
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(a)
any clothing, arms, ammunition or other equipment issued to him for his use for military purposes; or
(b)
any military decoration granted to him, shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to imprisonment for 2 years or any less punishment provided by this Act.
(2)
It shall be a defence for a person charged under this section with losing any property, that he took reasonable steps for its care and preservation.
Navigation and flying etc. offence
Damage to and loss etc. of ships or naval material 53.
Without prejudice to the generality of section 49, any person subject to military law who, either wilfully or by negligence, causes or allows to be damaged, lost, stranded or hazarded, any ship or naval material of His
Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable —
(a)
if he acts wilfully or with wilful neglect, to imprisonment or any less punishment provided by this Act;
(b)
in any other case, to imprisonment for 2 years or any less punishment provided by this Act.
Dangerous flying etc.