Section IV Penalty for delaying or discouraging the Service, or deserting his Post, &c.

When any Action or any Service is commanded, every Person subject to this Act who shall presume to delay or discourage the said Action or Service upon any Pretence whatsoever, or in the Presence or Vicinity of the Enemy shall desert his Post or sleep upon his Watch, shall suffer Death, or such other Punishment as is herein-after mentioned.