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(1)Any person who deserts the service in the Force commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a term of one year.
(2)A police officer deserts where'
(a)he or she absents himself or herself without authority from his or her unit or formation or from the place where his or her duty requires him or her to be, with the intention of not returning to that unit, formation or place;
(b)while absent with authority from his or her unit or from the place where his or her duty requires him or her to be, during that absence forms the intention of not returning to that unit or place;
(c)while absent with authority from his or her unit or formation or the place where his or her duty requires him or her to be with the intention of not returning to that unit or formation or place does an act or omits to do an act the natural and probable consequence of which act or omission is to preclude his or her return to that unit or formation or place at the time required.
(3)A person who has been absent without authority for a continuous period of twenty-one days or more shall unless the contrary is proved be presumed to have deserted for purposes of subsections (1) and (2).
(4)Any person who assists, procures, persuades or attempts to assist, procure or persuade another to desert the Force commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to the same punishment as the deserter.
Police officers must not desert the service. Desertion means leaving your unit or duty post without permission and with no intention of returning. If ...
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