Whoever, except as hereinafter excepted, knowing or having reason to believe that an officer or a serviceman in the Singapore Armed Forces or any visiting forces lawfully present in Singapore has deserted, harbours such officer or serviceman shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years, or with fine, or with both.
Section history
Section 136 — Harbouring a deserter
As in force on 1 April 2015.
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- 30 March 1987 Enacted
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Exception.—This provision does not extend to the case in which the harbour is given by a wife to her husband.
[Indian PC 1860, s. 136]