# Naval Discipline Act 1860, Section X: Penalty for Mutiny with Violence.


Where Mutiny is accompanied by Violence, every Person subject to this Act who shall join therein shall suffer Death, Penal Servitude, or Imprisonment; and every Person subject to this Act who shall not use his utmost Exertions to suppress such Mutiny shall, if he has acted traitorously, suffer Death, Penal Servitude, or Imprisonment; if he has acted from Cowardice, shall suffer Penal Servitude or Imprisonment; if he has acted from Negligence he shall be dismissed from Her Majesty's Service, with or without Disgrace, or suffer such other Punishment as is herein-after mentioned.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/23-24/123/section/X (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/naval-discipline-act-1860/section-X
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