Where Mutiny is accompanied by Violence, every Person subject to this Act who shall join therein shall suffer Death, Penal Servitude, or Imprisonment; and every Person subject to this Act who shall not use his utmost Exertions to suppress such Mutiny shall, if he has acted traitorously, suffer Death, Penal Servitude, or Imprisonment; if he has acted from Cowardice, shall suffer Penal Servitude or Imprisonment; if he has acted from Negligence he shall be dismissed from Her Majesty's Service, with or without Disgrace, or suffer such other Punishment as is herein-after mentioned.
Where a Mutiny is not accompanied by Violence, the Ringleaders of such Mutiny shall suffer Death, Penal Servitude, or Imprisonment; and all other Persons who shall join in such Mutiny, or shall not use their utmost Exertions to suppress the same, shall suffer Imprisonment, or such other Punishment as is herein-after mentioned.
Every Person subject to this Act who shall endeavour to seduce any other Person subject to this Act from his Duty or Allegiance to Her Majesty, or endeavour to incite him to commit any Act of Mutiny, shall suffer Death, Penal Servitude, Imprisonment, or such other Punishment as is herein-after mentioned.
Every Person, not otherwise subject to this Act, who, being on board any Ship of Her Majesty, shall endeavour to seduce from his Duty or Allegiance to Her Majesty any Person subject to this Act, shall so far as respects such Offence be deemed to be a Person subject to this Act, and shall suffer Death or such other Punishment as is herein-after mentioned.
Every Person subject to this Act who shall make or endeavour to make any mutinous Assembly, or shall lead or incite any other Person to join in any mutinous Assembly, or shall utter any Words of Sedition or Mutiny, shall suffer Penal Servitude, Imprisonment, or such other Punishment as is herein-after mentioned.
Every Person subject to this Act who shall wilfully conceal any traitorous or mutinous Practice or Design, or any traitorous or mutinous Words spoken against Her Majesty, or any Words, Practice, or Design tending to the Hindrance of the Service, shall suffer Penal Servitude, Imprisonment, or such other Punishment as is herein-after mentioned.
Every Person subject to this Act who shall strike or offer to strike or use any Violence against his superior Officer, being in the Execution of his Office, shall be punished with Death, Penal Servitude, Imprisonment, or such other Punishment as is herein-after mentioned ; and every Person subject to this Act who shall strike or offer to strike or use any Violence against his superior Officer, not being in the Execution of his Office, shall be punished with Penal Servitude or such other Punishment as is herein-after mentioned.