Army Act : Signing in blank and failure to report. Indian Bare Acts :

Army Act,1950

Act No : 46

Section : Signing in blank and failure to report.

58. Signing in blank and failure to report. Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,- (a) when signing any document relating to pay, arms, ammunition, equipment, clothing, supplies or stores, or any, .property of the Government fraudulently leaves in blank any material part for which his signature is a voucher ; or (b) refuses or by culpable neglect omits to make or send a report or return which it is his duty to make or send ; shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to suffer imprison- ment for a term which may extend to seven years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.