Defence Act, 1957 (Act No. 44 of 1957)SchedulesFirst Schedule24. Negligently losing kit, equipment, arms, etc |
| (1) | Any person who— |
| (a) | negligently loses his kit, arms or equipment or any public property or any property issued to him at public expenses for personal use in the execution of his duties; or |
| (b) | negligently damages or destroys any public property or any property issued to him at public expense for personal use in the execution of his duties, |
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year.
| (2) | If in any proceedings for a contravention of paragraph (a) of subsection (1), it is proved that any article or property mentioned in that paragraph which is alleged in the charge to have been lost, was issued to the accused and that on a date subsequent to such issue the accused was found not to be in possession of such article or property, it shall be presumed unless the contrary is proved, that such article or property was negligently lost by the accused. |