39. Absence without leave. - Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say, -
(a) Absents himself without leave; or
(b) Without sufficient cause overstays leave granted to him; or
(c) Being on leave of absence and having received information from proper authority that any corps, or portion of a corps, or any department, to which he belongs, has been ordered on active service, fails, without sufficient cause, to rejoin without delay; or
(d) Without sufficient cause fails to appear at the time fixed at the parade or place appointed for exercise or duty; or
(e) When on parade, or on the line of march, without sufficient cause or without leave from his superior officer, quits the parade or line of march; or
(f) When in camp or garrison or elsewhere, is found beyond any limits fixed, or in any place prohibited, by any general, local or other order, without a pass or written leave from his superior officer; or
(g) Without leave from his superior officer or without due cause, absents himself from any school when duly ordered to attend there;
Shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.
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