Article 522: The person in charge of a military unit, vessel or aircraft, who, being able to attack and fight an adversary equal or inferior in strength, refrains, when not prevented from doing so by serious reason, from rescuing an Ivorian or allied troop, vessel or aircraft pursued or engaged in combat, shall be punished by one to five years of military detention. Military dismissal may also be pronounced. Section 2: Treason and conspiracy Article 523: Shall be punished by military detention for life any soldier or individual on board a convoyed vessel who: 1° provokes flight or prevents the rallying in the presence of the enemy, rebels or an armed band; 2° without orders from the commander causes the cessation of combat or brings down the flag. Article 524: Any soldier convicted of conspiracy to undermine either the authority of the person in charge of a military formation, vessel or aircraft, or the discipline or security of the formation, vessel or aircraft, shall be punished by five to ten years of military detention. The maximum penalty shall be applied to the highest ranking military personnel and to the instigators of the plot. In time of war or in a territory under siege or in a state of emergency, or in any circumstances that may jeopardize the safety of the formation, vessel or aircraft, the convict shall be punished with military detention for life. Article 525: Any Ivorian soldier or soldier in the service of Côte d’Ivoire who, having fallen into the hands of the enemy, undertakes, in order to obtain his or her freedom, not to bear arms against the enemy, shall be punished by three to five years’ military detention. Section 3: Looting Article 526: Shall be punished with life imprisonment the perpetrators of any plundering or damage of goods, merchandise or objects, committed in gang by soldiers either with weapons or with open force, or with breaking of doors or external fences, or with violence towards persons. If there are one or more instigators, one or more military personnel with ranks among the convicts, life imprisonment shall be imposed only on the instigators and the military personnel with the highest rank. The other convicts shall be punished with ten to twenty years of imprisonment. Article 527: Anyone who, in an area of military operations, strips a wounded, sick, shipwrecked or dead person off his belongings shall be punished by five to ten years imprisonment.