{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-345",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-345.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/52",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006",
  "path": "section/345",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "345",
  "heading": "Aiding or abetting etc malingering",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if he aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission by another person of an offence under section 16 (malingering).\n(2) A person commits an offence if—\n(a) he knows that a person (“B”) is subject to service law; and\n(b) intending to cause B to avoid service, by any act—\n(i) he causes B an injury; or\n(ii) he aggravates or prolongs any injury of B's.\n(3) A person commits an offence if—\n(a) he knows that a person (“B”) is subject to service law; and\n(b) intending to cause B to avoid service, by any act—\n(i) he causes B to believe that B has an injury; or\n(ii) he causes another person to believe that B has an injury.\n(4) Subsections (1) to (3) apply to any aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring, or (as the case may be) any act, done—\n(a) in a relevant territory;\n(b) otherwise than in a relevant territory, by a United Kingdom national (see section 347) or a person resident in a relevant territory.\n(5) In subsection (4) “relevant territory” means—\n(a) the United Kingdom;\n(b) the Isle of Man; or\n(c) a British overseas territory.\n(6) In this section “injury” and “service” have the same meanings as in section 16.\n(7) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the relevant maximum or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine, or to both.\n(8) In subsection (7) “the relevant maximum” is—\n(a) in relation to England and Wales, 12 months;\n(b) otherwise, 6 months.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 345 in force at 28.3.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 345 in force at 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/section/345",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:24.063324+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}