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§ 6009. Desertion

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 51 Pa.C.S.A. Military AffairsEffective: October 24, 2013

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 51 Pa.C.S.A. Military Affairs (Refs & Annos)
Part IV. Military Justice (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 60. Punitive Sections (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 24, 2013
51 Pa.C.S.A. § 6009
§ 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 service; or
(3) without being regularly separated from one of the State military forces, enlists or accepts an appointment in the same or another one of the State military forces, or in one of the armed forces of the United States, without fully disclosing the fact that he has not been regularly separated or enters any foreign armed service, except when authorized by the United States;
is guilty of desertion.
(b) Commissioned officer tendering resignation.--Any commissioned officer of the State military forces who, after tender of his resignation and before notice of its acceptance, quits his post or proper duties without leave and with intent to remain away from there permanently is guilty of desertion.
(c) Punishment.--Any person found guilty of desertion or attempt to desert shall be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war, by confinement of not more than five years or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct. If the desertion or attempt to desert occurs at any other time, the person shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

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2012, Oct. 24, P.L. 1506, No. 192, § 2, effective in one year [Oct. 24, 2013].
51 Pa.C.S.A. § 6009, PA ST 51 Pa.C.S.A. § 6009
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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