Sri Lanka’s Army Act (1949), as amended in 1993, punishes “every person subject to military law who while on active service … without orders from his superior officer wilfully destroys or damages any property”. 

Sri Lanka’s Air Force Act (1950), as amended in 1993, punishes “every person subject to this Act who while on active service … without orders from his superior officer wilfully destroys or damages any property”. 

Sri Lanka’s Geneva Conventions Act (2006) includes the following grave breach as an indictable offence: “extensive destruction and appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly”.