Section 36. Injury to property, etc

36. Injury to property, etc. -Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, namely:- (a) destroys or injures any property mentioned in clause (a) of section35,or any property belonging to any Force mess, band or institution, or to any person subject to this Act; or (b) commits any act which causes damage to, or destruction of, any property of the Government by fire; or (c) kills, injures, makes away with, ill-treats or loses, any animal entrusted to him, shall, on conviction by a Force Court, be liable, if he has acted wilfully, to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to tenyears or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned; and if he has acted without reasonable excuse, to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.