Section 33Sleeping on watch or abandoning post

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33. Sleeping on watch or abandoning post (1) Every person subject to this Ordinance who, being in the presence or vicinity of the enemy or under orders to be prepared for action by or against the enemy, abandons his post improperly or sleeps upon his watch, shall be liable to suffer long imprisonment. (2) Every person subject to this Ordinance who, not being in the presence or vicinity of the enemy or under such orders as aforesaid, abandons his post improperly or sleeps upon his watch, shall be liable to suffer short imprisonment.