- on the part of a person serving a regular period of enlistment in military service, and in like manner his failure, in the absence of a valid reason, to report for duty at the specified time when being discharged from a unit, assigned, transferred, when returning from temporary detached duty, or from leave, or from a medical institution, for a period in excess of one day but not more than three days, or a period of less than one if such absence has occurred at least twice in the course of three months—
- shall be punishable by transfer to a disciplinary battalion for a period of from three months to two years;
- b) the same acts, when committed in time of war—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period of from two to ten years;
- c) the act specified in Item a of the present article, when committed by a person in military service who is serving a sentence in a disciplinary battalion—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period of from one to three years.
Article 246. Absence without leave from a unit or place of service
- a) Absence without leave from a unit or place of service, on the part of a person serving a regular period of enlistment in military service, and in like manner his failure, in the absence of a valid reason, to report for duty at the specified time when being discharged from a unit, assigned, transferred, when returning from temporary detached duty, from leave, or from a medical institution, for a period of more than three days—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period of from one year to five years;
- b) the same acts, when committed in time of war—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period of from five to ten years;
- c) absence without leave from a unit or place of service on the part of an officer or a person serving beyond the term of enlistment in military service, and in like manner the failure of such person, without valid reason, to report for duty at the specified time, for a period of more than ten days—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period of from one to five years;
- d) the acts specified in Item c of the present article, when committed in time of war, if the person is absent without leave for a period of more than one day—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period of from five to ten years.
