Whoever, except as hereinafter excepted,Whoever 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 with the intention of preventing the officer or serviceman from being apprehended, 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 January 2020.
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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]