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Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
21Failing to suppress mutiny
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21 Failing to suppress mutiny
(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.
(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.