(b) when called upon by any member of the Defence refuses or neglects to assist that member in the performance of any duty referred to in paragraph (a); or (c) when called upon by any appropriate civil authority to deliver over any person under such person’s control, accused of an offence punishable by civil court, fails or neglects to do so, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year. Offences in relation to arrest 40. Any person who - (a) without due and just cause orders a person into arrest or custody; (b) unnecessarily detains a person in arrest or custody; (c) contrary to such person’s duty to bring the case of a person under arrest or in custody before the proper authority within the prescribed time; or (d) having committed a person to the custody of an authorized person, fails to deliver to such authorized person within 24 hours of such committal an account in writing signed by himself or herself of the offence with which the person so committed is charged, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year. Resisting arrest 41. Any person who - (a) ordered into arrest, refuses to obey such order or assaults the person ordering him or her into arrest; (b) being ordered into arrest, resists the person whose duty it is to apprehend him or her or have him or her in charge; (c) assaults any person in whose custody he or she has been placed; (d) escapes from custody; or (e) hinders or obstructs any person lawfully carrying out a search of his or her person, personal kit or belongings or his or her living quarters, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two Offences in relation to a person in custody 42. Any person who -
(b) when called upon by any member of the Defence refuses or neglects to assist that member in the performance of any duty referred to in paragraph (a); or (c) when called upon by any appropriate civil authority to deliver over any person under such person’s control, accused of an offence punishable by civil court, fails or neglects to do so, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year. Offences in relation to arrest 40. Any person who - (a) without due and just cause orders a person into arrest or custody; (b) unnecessarily detains a person in arrest or custody; (c) contrary to such person’s duty to bring the case of a person under arrest or in custody before the proper authority within the prescribed time; or (d) having committed a person to the custody of an authorized person, fails to deliver to such authorized person within 24 hours of such committal an account in writing signed by himself or herself of the offence with which the person so committed is charged, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year. Resisting arrest 41. Any person who - (a) ordered into arrest, refuses to obey such order or assaults the person ordering him or her into arrest; (b) being ordered into arrest, resists the person whose duty it is to apprehend him or her or have him or her in charge; (c) assaults any person in whose custody he or she has been placed; (d) escapes from custody; or (e) hinders or obstructs any person lawfully carrying out a search of his or her person, personal kit or belongings or his or her living quarters, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two Offences in relation to a person in custody 42. Any person who -
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