Sashastra Seema Bal Act, 2007
21. Absence without leave.
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following
offences, namely:.
a. absents
himself without leave; or
b. without
sufficient cause overstays leave granted to him; or
c. being
on leave of absence and having received information from the appropriate
authority that any battalion or part thereof or any other unit of the Force, to
which he belongs, has been ordered on active duty, fails, without sufficient
cause, to rejoin without delay; or
d. without
sufficient cause fails to appear at the time fixed at the parade or place
appointed for exercise or duty; or
e. when on
parade, or on the line of march, without sufficient cause or without leave from
his superior officer, quits the parade or line of march; or
f. when in
camp or elsewhere, is found beyond any limits fixed or in any place prohibited,
by any general, local or other order, without a pass or written leave from his
superior officer; or
g. without
leave from his superior officer or without due cause, absents himself from any
school or training institution when duly ordered to attend there, shall, on
conviction by a Force Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which
may extend to three years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.