1. The offense is similar to absence without leave but may draw more severe punishment. 2. Lilley spent 28 days in cells on a charge of being absence without leave . 3. The submission was cancelled on 29 January 1880 for absence without leave and theft. 4. However this moratorium does not apply to cases of absence without leave or desertion. 5. Not reporting to the service is prosecuted as an absence without leave or as desertion. 6. Failure to report for duty became either desertion or absence without leave , offences under the Army Act. 7. Through this four-week absence without leave from his parish he completely fell out with the church authorities. 8. The two suspects face life imprisonment if convicted of murder, manslaughter and other crimes, including absence without leave . 9. Disobeying an activation order is prosecuted as an absence without leave or as desertion, depending on the length of absence. 10. Edwards served as a Member of the House of Assembly until 1931, when his seat was vacated by absence without leave .