National Defence Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. N-5)

Marginal note:Offences related to prisoners of war

76 Every person who

• (a) by want of due precaution, or through disobedience of orders or wilful neglect of duty, is made a prisoner of war,

• (b) having been made a prisoner of war, fails to rejoin Her Majesty’s service when able to do so, or

• (c) having been made a prisoner of war, serves with or aids the enemy,

is guilty of an offence and on conviction, if the person acted traitorously, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for life, and in any other case, is liable to imprisonment for life or to less punishment.