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Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section 138: Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman

Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024. Use it for offences committed before repeal and other liabilities, investigations or proceedings preserved by BNS section 358; do not use it as the current general penal code.

Chapter VII — Of Offences Relating to the Army, 3*[navy and Air Force]

138. Whoever abets what he knows to be an act of insubordination by an officer, soldier, [sailor or airman], in the Army, [Navy or air Force], of the [Government of India], shall, if such act of insubordination be committed in consequence of that abetment, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both. Repealed.]

Source: official text of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.