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(1) A person charged before a court-martial with desertion may be found guilty of attempting to desert or of being absent without leave. (2) A person charged before a court-martial with attempting to desert may be found guilty of being absent without leave. (3) A person charged before a court-martial with using criminal force may be found guilty of assault. (4) A person charged before a court-martial with using threatening language may be found guilty of using insubordinate language. (5) A person charged before a court-martial with any one of the offences specified in clauses (a) , (b) , (c) and (d) of section 52 may be found guilty of any other of these offences with which he might have been charged. (6) A person charged before a court-martial with an offence punishable under section 69 may be found guilty of any other offence of which he might have been found guilty if the provisions of the 1 [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974)] were applicable. (7) A person charged before a court-martial with any offence under this Act, may, on failure of proof of an offence having been committed in circumstances involving a more severe punishment, be found guilty of the same offence as having been committed in circumstances involving a less severe punishment. (8) A person charged before a court-martial with any offence under this Act may be found guilty of having attempted or abetted the commission of that offence, although the attempt or abetment is not separately charged.