Section 6018 – Mutiny or sedition
§ 6018. Mutiny or sedition. (a) Offense defined.–Any person subject to this part who: (1) with intent to usurp or override lawful military authority refuses, in concert with any other person, to obey orders or otherwise do his duty or creates any violence or disturbance is guilty of mutiny; (2) with intent to cause the […]
Section 6019 – Resistance, flight, breach of arrest and escape
§ 6019. Resistance, flight, breach of arrest and escape. Any person subject to this part who resists apprehension, flees from apprehension, breaks arrest or escapes from custody or confinement shall be punished as a court-marital may direct.
Section 6020 – Releasing prisoner without proper authority
§ 6020. Releasing prisoner without proper authority. Any person subject to this part who, without proper authority, releases any prisoner committed to his charge or who, through neglect or design, suffers any such prisoner to escape shall be punished as a court-martial may direct, whether or not the prisoner was committed in strict compliance with […]
Section 6021 – Unlawful detention of another
§ 6021. Unlawful detention of another. Any person subject to this part who, except as provided by law or regulation, apprehends, arrests or confines any person shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Section 6022 – Noncompliance with procedural rules
§ 6022. Noncompliance with procedural rules. Any person subject to this part who: (1) is responsible for unnecessary delay in the disposition of any case of a person accused of an offense under this part; or (2) knowingly and intentionally fails to enforce or comply with any provision of this part regulating the proceedings before, […]
Section 6007 – Fraudulent enlistment, appointment or separation
§ 6007. Fraudulent enlistment, appointment or separation. Any person who: (1) procures his own enlistment or appointment in the State military forces by knowingly false representation or deliberate concealment as to his qualifications for that enlistment or appointment and receives pay or allowances thereunder; or (2) procures his own separation from the State military forces […]
Section 6023 – Misbehavior before enemy
§ 6023. Misbehavior before enemy. Any person subject to this part who, before or in the presence of the enemy: (1) runs away; (2) shamefully abandons, surrenders or delivers up any command, unit, place or military property which it is his duty to defend; (3) through disobedience, neglect or intentional misconduct endangers the safety of […]
Section 6008 – Unlawful enlistment, appointment or separation
§ 6008. Unlawful enlistment, appointment or separation. Any person subject to this part who effects an enlistment or appointment in or a separation from the State military forces of any person who is known to him to be ineligible for that enlistment, appointment or separation because it is prohibited by law, regulation or order shall […]
Section 6024 – Subordinate compelling surrender
§ 6024. Subordinate compelling surrender. Any person subject to this part who compels or attempts to compel a commander of any place, vessel, aircraft or other military property, or of any body of members of the armed forces, to give it up to an enemy or to abandon it or who strikes the colors or […]
Section 6009 – Desertion
§ 6009. Desertion. (a) Offense defined.–Any member of the State military forces who: (1) without authority goes or remains absent from his unit, organization or place of duty with intent to remain away from there permanently; (2) quits his unit, organization or place of duty with intent to avoid hazardous duty or to shirk important […]