Article 510: The deserter inside the country shall be punished by six months to three years of
military detention.
The deserter with conspiracy shall be punished by one to five years of military detention.
If the desertion takes place, either in time of war, or in a territory under siege or in a state of
emergency, the penalty may be increased to ten years of military detention.
Article 511: The deserter abroad shall be punished by two to five years of military detention.
If the person convicted of desertion abroad takes a weapon or item of the State or deserts with a
plot, or while on watch, the sentence may be increased to ten years.
If the desertion abroad takes place in time of war, or in a territory under siege or in a state of
emergency, the sentence may be increased to fifteen years of military detention and to twenty
years in case of desertion with conspiracy.
If the deserter abroad is an officer, the penalty shall be:
1° five to ten years of military detention in the cases provided for in paragraph 1 above;
2° ten to fifteen years of military detention in the cases provided for in paragraph 2 above;
3° twenty years of military detention in the cases provided for in paragraph 3 above.
Article 512: The deserter in the presence of the enemy, rebels or a yearly band, shall be punished
by ten to twenty years of military detention.
The penalty shall be that of military detention for life:
1 ° if he is an officer;
2° if the desertion takes place with conspiracy.
Article 5I 3: Shall be punished with military detention for life, any soldier or any crew member
of a convoyed ship, convicted of deserting to the enemy, rebels or armed band.
Article 514: Felonies punishable by military detention for life under this section shall be
punishable by military detention in case of penalty under mitigating circumstances.
In all cases, military dismissal may be pronounced.
Section 4: Incitement to insubordination and desertion - concealment of insubordinates and
deserters
Article 515: Anyone who, by any means whatsoever, with or without effect, provokes
insubordination or desertion, shall be punished by six months to three years imprisonment.
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