BOOK III — CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS

TITLE I — OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE

CHAPTER I — OFFENCES OF A PUBLIC NATURE

51 Stirring up war against the State

Any person who stirs up war against the State shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be sentenced to penal servitude for life.

BOOK III — CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS

TITLE I — OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE

CHAPTER I — OFFENCES OF A PUBLIC NATURE

63 Raising armed force

Any person who —

(a) raises or causes to be raised any armed troops ;
(b) enlists or enrols or causes to be enlisted or enrolled any soldiers ;
(c) supplies or furnishes soldiers with arms or ammunition without the order or sanction of lawful authority ;
(d) forms part of any meeting or assembly the object of which is to exercise or instruct in the use of arms, the practice of military exercises, movements, or revolutions ; or
(e) lends aid thereunto,
shall be punished by penal servitude.

BOOK III — CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS

TITLE I — OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE

CHAPTER I — OFFENCES OF A PUBLIC NATURE

64 Taking command of armed force

Any person who —

(a) without lawful right or reason, takes the command of an armed force, troop, fleet, squadron, man of war, fortified place, post, port or town ;
(b) continues to hold any military command against the order of the Government ; or
(c) being a commander keeps his army or troops embodied after the disbanding or dismissing of the same has been ordered,
shall be punished by penal servitude for life or for a term not exceeding 20 years.