The penalty shall be life imprisonment if the acts are accompanied by violence that aggravates the condition of the wounded, shipwrecked or sick person. Section 4: Destruction Article 528: Any soldier, pilot or commander of a vessel, a convoy or an aircraft who, through clumsiness, carelessness, inattention, negligence or failure to comply with regulations causes the loss or permanent or temporary out-of-service of any building, structure, vessel, ship, aircraft, supplies, armaments, materials or any facility for the use of the armed forces or contributing to the national defense shall be punished by military detention of one to five years. If the offender is an officer, military dismissal may also be pronounced. Article 529: Any military person who voluntarily causes the destruction, loss or permanent or temporary disabling of a weapon or any other movable object assigned to the service of the army, even if he or she is the owner, shall be punished with one to ten years of military detention. If the convict is an officer, military dismissal may also be pronounced. The penalty shall be from five to twenty years of military detention if the object made unfit for service concerns the operation of a military vessel or aircraft, or if the act is committed either in time of war, or in a fire, grounding, boarding or maneuver concerning the safety of the vessel or aircraft. Article 530: Any soldier who voluntarily causes the destruction, loss or permanent or temporary disabling of an edifice, structure, vessel, aircraft or facility used by the armed forces or contributing to national defense shall be punished by ten to twenty years of military detention. If the destruction is of such a nature as to cause the death of a person or to harm national defense, the penalty shall be life imprisonment. Life imprisonment shall be also incurred if there is a loss of life or if the offender in charge of a navy or air force, pilot or a crew member of a ship or military aircraft, voluntarily causes the destruction, loss or permanent or temporary disablement of the ship or aircraft under his command or on board of which he is embarked. Section 5: Forgeries, falsifications and misappropriation Article 531: Any soldier who commits forgery in his accounts or who uses a false document shall be punished by two to ten years of military detention. If the convicted person is an officer, he may also be dismissed from the military.

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