Offences by or in relation to sentries

Any person subject to military law who– (a) while on guard duty and posted or ordered to patrol, or under orders to regulate traffic, sleeps, or, without having been regularly relieved, leaves any place where it is his or her duty to be; (b) strikes or otherwise uses force against a member of the Force, or of any forces co- operating therewith, who is on guard duty and posted or ordered to patrol, or under orders to regulate traffic; or (c) by the threat of force compels any such person as is mentioned in paragraph (b) to let him or any other person pass, commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or any less punishment provided by this Act.