# Armed Forces Act 2006, Section 22: Ill-treatment of subordinates


(1) A person subject to service law who is an officer, warrant officer or non-commissioned officer commits an offence if—
(a) he ill-treats a subordinate (“B”);
(b) he intends to ill-treat B or is reckless as to whether he is ill-treating B; and
(c) he knows or has reasonable cause to believe that B is a subordinate.
(2) For the purposes of this section a person (“B”) is a subordinate of another person (“A”) if—
(a) B is subject to service law; and
(b) A is a superior officer of B.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable to any punishment mentioned in the Table in section 164, but any sentence of imprisonment imposed in respect of the offence must not exceed two years.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/section/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-22
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