# Reserve Forces Act 1996, Section 101: Inducing a person to desert or absent himself.


(1) A person who, in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, by any means—
(a) procures or persuades, or attempts to procure or persuade, a member of a reserve force to commit an offence of desertion or absence without leave;
(b) knowing that a member of a reserve force is about to commit such an offence, aids or assists him in so doing; or
(c) knowing a member of a reserve force to be a deserter or an absentee without leave, procures or persuades or assists him to remain a deserter or absentee, or assists in his rescue from custody,
is guilty of an offence.
(2) A person who—
(a) procures or persuades, or attempts to procure or persuade, a person liable to recall to commit an offence of desertion or absence without leave;
(b) knowing that such a person is about to commit such an offence, aids or assists him in so doing; or
(c) knowing a person liable to recall to be a deserter or absentee without leave, procures or persuades or assists him to remain a deserter or absentee, or assists in his rescue from custody,
is guilty of an offence.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is liable on summary conviction—
(a) in the case of an offence involving an offence of desertion or a deserter, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (or both); and
(b) in the case of an offence of absence without leave or an absentee without leave, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/14/section/101 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/reserve-forces-act-1996/section-101
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