Sashastra Seema Bal Act, 2007
36. Injury to property, etc.
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following
offences, namely:
a. destroys
or injures any property mentioned in clause (a ) of section 35, or any
property belonging to any Force mess, band or institution, or to any person
subject to this Act; or
b. commits
any act which causes damage to, or destruction of, any property of the
Government by fire; or
c. kills,
injures, makes away with, ill-treats or loses, any animal entrusted to him,
shall, on conviction by a Force Court, be liable, if he has acted wilfully, to
suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years or such less
punishment as is in this Act mentioned; and if he has acted without reasonable
excuse, to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years or
such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.