Insubordinate behaviour

(1) Any person subject to military law who– (a) strikes or otherwise uses violence, or offers violence, to his superior officer; or (b) uses threatening or insubordinate language to his superior officer, commits an offence and, on conviction, is liable to imprisonment or any less punishment provided by this Act. provided that it shall be a defence for any person charged under this sub-section to prove that he neither knew nor had reasonable cause to believe that the person in relation to whom the offence is alleged to have been committed was his superior (2) In the foregoing provisions of this section, the expression “superior officer”, in relation to any person, means an officer, warrant officer or non-commissioned officer of the Force of superior rank, and includes an officer, warrant officer or non- commissioned officer attached to the Force whether subject to military law or not of equal rank but greater seniority while exercising authority as the said person’s superior.