Every Reserve Police Officer who,—

(a) begins, excites, causes, or conspires to cause or joins in any mutiny, or being present at any mutiny, does not use his utmost endeavours to suppress it by force of arms, if necessary, or knowing, or having reason to believe in, the existence of any mutiny, or of any intention or conspiracy to mutiny or of any conspiracy against the State does not, without delay, give information thereof to his superior officer present at or near the place, or

(b) uses, or attempts to use criminal force to, or commits an assault on his superior officer, knowing or having reason to believe him to be such, whether on or off duty; or

(c) shamefully abandons or delivers up any post, guard, building, fortification, or property which is committed to his charge, or which it is his duty to defend; or

(d) in the presence of any person in arms against whom it is his duty to act, shamefully casts away his arms or his ammunition or intentionally uses words of any other means to induce any reserve police officer or any police officer to abstain from acting against any such person in arms, or to discourage such officer from acting against any such person in arms or who is otherwise guilty of cowardice or misbehavior in the presence of any such person in arms; or

(e) directly or indirectly holds correspondence with, or communicates intelligence to, or assists, or relieves, any person in arms against the State, or any person conspiring against Government or public security or any person to be arrested, or omits to discover immediately to his superior officer present, any such correspondence or communication coming to his knowledge; or

(f) directly or indirectly sells, gives away, or otherwise disposes, or agrees to, or assists in, the sale, gift or disposal of any arms, ammunition or equipment to any such person as aforesaid, or knowingly harbors or protects any such person; or

(g) while on active duty,—