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Home » US Law » 2021 New Mexico Statutes » Chapter 20 - Military Affairs » Article 12 - Code of Military Justice » Section 20-12-25 – Assaulting or willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer.

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who strikes his superior commissioned officer or draws or lifts up any weapon or offers any violence against him while he is in the execution of his office or willfully disobeys a lawful command of his superior commissioned officer shall be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war, by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct, and if the offense is committed at any other time, by punishment, other than death, as a court-martial may direct.

History: 1978 Comp., § 20-12-25, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 337, § 24.

ANNOTATIONS

Effective dates. — Laws 1989, ch. 337 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 16, 1989.