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(1) A commanding officer or any other person in service of the Defence Forces who intentionally fails, during military exercise or any other service circumstances, to take on his own initiative precautionary or security measures necessary safeguard the lives or health of persons or animals, or to maintain in good order or to ensure the safety of the depots, installations, works, resources or other objects, for which he is responsible, thereby hazarding them, is punishable, according to the circumstances of case, with simple imprisonment, or with rigor imprisonment not exceeding five years.
(2) Where the criminal has acted negligently, and where the crime appears to justify more than a mere disciplinary penalty, the punishment shall be simple imprisonment not exceeding one year.
(3) Where the crime is committed in time of emergency, general mobilization or war, the punishment shall be;
(a) in the case of an intentional failure, rigorous imprisonment not exceeding seven years, or, rigorous imprisonment not exceeding ten years, where the crime resulted in grave damage; or
(b) in the case of negligent failure, simple imprisonment not exceeding three years.
