National Defence Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. N-5)

Marginal note:Ill-treatment or non-payment of occupant or person on whom billeted

120. Every person who

• (a) ill-treats, by violence, extortion or making disturbance in billets or otherwise, any occupant of a house in which any person is billeted or of any premises in which accommodation for materiel has been provided, or

• (b) fails to comply with regulations in respect of payment of the just demands of the person on whom he or any officer or non-commissioned member under his command is or has been billeted or the occupant of premises on which materiel is or has been accommodated,

is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to imprisonment for less than two years or to less punishment.

Marginal note:Fraudulent enrolment

121. Every person who, having been released from Her Majesty’s Forces by reason of a sentence of a service tribunal or by reason of misconduct, has afterwards been enrolled in the Canadian Forces without declaring the circumstances of that release is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to imprisonment for less than two years or to less punishment.

Marginal note:False answers or false information

122. Every person who knowingly

• (a) makes a false answer to any question set out in any document required to be completed, or

• (b) furnishes any false information or false document,

in relation to the enrolment of that person is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to imprisonment for less than two years or to less punishment.

Marginal note:Assisting unlawful enrolment

123. Every person who is concerned in the enrolment of any other person and who knows or has reasonable grounds to believe that by being enrolled that other person commits an offence under this Act is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to imprisonment for less than two years or to less punishment.

Marginal note:Negligent performance of duties

124. Every person who negligently performs a military duty imposed on that person is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to dismissal with disgrace from Her Majesty’s service or to less punishment.

Marginal note:Offences in relation to documents

125. Every person who

• (a) wilfully or negligently makes a false statement or entry in a document made or signed by that person and required for official purposes or who, being aware of the falsity of a statement or entry in a document so required, orders the making or signing thereof,

• (b) when signing a document required for official purposes, leaves in blank any material part for which the signature is a voucher, or

• (c) with intent to injure any person or with intent to deceive, suppresses, defaces, alters or makes away with any document or file kept, made or issued for any military or departmental purpose,

is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to less punishment.