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§ 6023. Misbehavior before enemy

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. § 6023
§ 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 any such command, unit, place or military property;
(4) casts away his arms or ammunition;
(5) is guilty of cowardly conduct;
(6) quits his place of duty to plunder or pillage;
(7) causes false alarms in any command, unit or place under control of the armed forces of the United States or the State military forces;
(8) willfully fails to do his utmost to encounter, engage, capture or destroy any enemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft or any other thing, which it is his duty so to encounter, engage, capture or destroy; or
(9) does not afford all practicable relief and assistance to any troops, combatants, vessels or aircraft of the armed forces belonging to the United States or their allies, to the Commonwealth or to any other state, when engaged in battle;
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. § 6023, PA ST 51 Pa.C.S.A. § 6023
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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