SUBCHAPTER X

SUBCHAPTER X. PUNITIVE ARTICLES

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Section Article
877.77. Principals
878.78. Accessory after the fact
879.79. Conviction of lesser included offense.
880.80. Attempts
881.81. Conspiracy.
882.82. Solicitation.
883.83. Fraudulent enlistment, appointment, or separation.
884.84. Unlawful enlistment, appointment, or separation.
885.85. Desertion.
886.86. Absence without leave.
887.87. Missing movement.
888.88. Contempt toward officials.
889.89. Disrespect toward superior commissioned officer
890.90. Assaulting or willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer.
891.91. Insubordinate conduct toward warrant officer, noncommissioned officer, or petty officer.
892.92. Failure to obey order or regulation.
893.93. Cruelty and maltreatment.
894.94. Mutiny or sedition.
895.95. Resistance, breach of arrest, and escape.
896.96. Releasing prisoner without proper authority.
897.97. Unlawful detention.
898.98. Noncompliance with procedural rules.
899.99. Misbehavior before the enemy.
900.100. Subordinate compelling surrender.
901.101. Improper use of countersign.
902.102. Forcing a safeguard.
903.103. Capture or abandoned property.
904.104. Aiding the enemy.
905.105. Misconduct as prisoner.
906.106. Spies.
907.107. False official statements.
908.108. Military property of United States--Loss, damage, destruction, or wrongful disposition.
909.109. Property other than military property of the United States--Waste, spoilage, or destruction.
910.110. Improper hazarding of vessel.
911.111. Drunken or reckless driving.
912.112. Drunk on duty.
912a.112a. Wrongful use, possession, etc., of controlled substances.
913.113. Misbehavior of sentinel.
914.114. Dueling.
915.115. Malingering.
916.116. Riot or breach of peace.
917.117. Provoking speeches or gestures.
918.118. Murder.
919.119. Manslaughter.
920.120. Rape and carnal knowledge.
921.121. Larceny and wrongful appropriation.
922.122. Robbery.
923.123. Forgery.
923a.123a. Making, drawing, or uttering check, draft, or order without sufficient funds.
924.124. Maiming.
925.125. Sodomy.
926.126. Arson.
927.127. Extortion.
928.128. Assault.
929.129. Burglary.
930.130. Housebreaking.
931.131. Perjury.
932.132. Frauds against the United States.
933.133. Conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.
934.134. General Article.

877. ART. 77. PRINCIPALS

 Any person punishable under this chapter who--

 878. ART. 78. ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT

 Any person subject to this chapter who, knowing that an offense punishable by this chapter has been committed, receives, comforts, or assists the offender in order to hinder or prevent his apprehension, trial, or punishment shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

 879. ART. 79. CONVICTION OF LESSER OFFENSE

 An accused may be found guilty of an offense necessarily included in the offense charged or of an attempt to commit either the offense charged or an offense necessarily included therein.

880. ART. 80. ATTEMPTS

 (a) An act, done with specific intent to commit an offense under this chapter, amounting to more than mere preparation and tending, even though failing, to effect its commission, is an attempt to commit that offense.

 (b) Any person subject to this chapter who attempts to commit any offense punishable by this chapter shall be punished as a court-martial may direct, unless otherwise specifically prescribed.

(c) Any person subject to this chapter may be convicted of an attempt to commit an offense although it appears on the trial that the offense was consummated.

881. ART. 81. CONSPIRACY

Any person subject to this chapter who conspires with any other person to commit an offense under this chapter shall, if one or more of the conspirators does an act to effect the object of the conspiracy, be punished as a court-martial may direct.

882. ART. 82. SOLICITATION

 (a) Any person subject to this chapter who solicits or advises another or others to desert in violation of section 885 of this title (article 85) or mutiny in violation of section 894 of this title (article 94) shall, if the offense solicited or advised is attempted or committed, be punished with the punishment provided for the commission of the offense, but, if the offense solicited or advised is not committed or attempted, he shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(b) Any person subject to this chapter who solicits or advises another or others to commit an act or misbehavior before the enemy in violation of section 899 of this title (article 99) or sedition in violation of section 894 of this title (article 94) shall, if the offense solicited or advised is committed, be punished with the punishment provided for the commission of the offense, but, if the offense solicited or advised is not committed, he shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

883. ART. 83. FRAUDULENT ENLISTMENT, APPOINTMENT, OR SEPARATION

Any person who--

 884. ART. 84. UNLAWFUL ENLISTMENT, APPOINTMENT, OR SEPARATION

 Any person subject to this chapter who effects an enlistment or appointment in or a separation from the armed 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 be punished as a court-martial may direct.

 885. ART. 85. DESERTION

 (a) Any member of the armed forces who--

 (b) Any commissioned officer of the armed 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 therefrom permanently is guilty of desertion.

 (c) Any person found guilty of desertion or attempt to desert shall be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war, by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct, but if the desertion or attempt to desert occurs at any other time, by such punishment, other than death, as a court-martial may direct.

 886. ART. 86. ABSENCE WITHOUT LEAVE

 Any member of the armed forces who, without authority--

 887. ART. 87. MISSING MOVEMENT

 Any person subject to this chapter who through neglect or design misses the movement of a ship, aircraft, or unit with which he is required in the course of duty to move shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

 888. ART. 88. CONTEMPT TOWARD OFFICIALS

 Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Transportation, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

 889. ART. 89 DISRESPECT TOWARD SUPERIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER

 Any person subject to this chapter who behaves with disrespect toward his superior commissioned officer shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

 890. ART. 90. ASSAULTING OR WILLFULLY DISOBEYING SUPERIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER.

 Any person subject to this chapter who--

 891. ART. 91. INSUBORDINATE CONDUCT TOWARD WARRANT OFFICER, NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER, OR PETTY OFFICER

Any warrant officer or enlisted member who--

892. ART. 92. FAILURE TO OBEY ORDER OR REGULATION

 Any person subject to this chapter who--

893. ART. 93. CRUELTY AND MALTREATMENT

 Any person subject to this chapter who is guilty of cruelty toward, or oppression or maltreatment of, any person subject to his orders shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

894. ART. 94. MUTINY OR SEDITION

 (a) Any person subject to this chapter who--

 (b) A person who is found guilty of attempted mutiny, mutiny, sedition, or failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.

895. ART. 95. RESISTANCE, BREACH OF ARREST, AND ESCAPE

 Any person subject to this chapter who resists apprehension or breaks arrest or who escapes from custody shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

 896. ART. 96. RELEASING PRISONER WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORITY

 Any person subject to this chapter 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 law.

 897. ART. 97. UNLAWFUL DETENTION

 Any person subject to this chapter who, except as provided by law, arrests, or confines any person shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

 898. ART. 98. NONCOMPLIANCE WITH PROCEDURAL RULES

 Any person subject to this chapter who--

 899. ART. 99. MISBEHAVIOR BEFORE THE ENEMY

 Any person subject to this chapter who before or in the presence of the enemy--

 900. ART. 100. SUBORDINATE COMPELLING SURRENDER

 Any person subject to this chapter who compels or attempts to compel the commander of any place, vessel, aircraft, or 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 flag to any enemy without proper authority, shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.

 901. ART. 101. IMPROPER USE OF COUNTERSIGN

 Any person subject to this chapter who in time of war discloses the parole or countersign to any person not entitled to receive it or who gives to another who is entitled to receive and use the parole or countersign a different parole or countersign from that which, to his knowledge, he was authorized and required to give, shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.

 902. ART. 102. FORCING A SAFEGUARD

 Any person subject to this chapter forces a safeguard shall suffer death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.

903. ART. 103. CAPTURED OR ABANDONED PROPERTY

 (a) All persons subject to this chapter will secure all public property taken from the enemy for the service of the United States, and shall give notice and turn over to the proper authority without delay all captured or abandoned property in their possession, custody, or control.

 (b) Any person subject to this chapter who--

 904. ART. 104. AIDING THE ENEMY

 Any person who--

 905. ART 105. MISCONDUCT AS PRISONER

 Any person subject to this chapter who, while in the hands of the enemy in time of war--

 906. ART. 106. SPIES

 Any person who in time of war is found lurking as a spy or acting as a spy in or about any place, vessel, or aircraft, within the control or jurisdiction of any of the armed forces, or in or about any shipyard, any manufacturing or industrial plant, or any other place or institution engaged in work in aid of the prosecution of the war by the Unites States, or elsewhere, shall be tried by a general court-martial or by a military commission and on conviction shall be punished by death.

 906a. ART. 106a. ESPIONAGE

 (A)

 (B) the members unanimously determine that any extenuating or mitigating circumstances are substantially outweighed by any aggravating circumstances, including the aggravating factors set out under subsection (c).  (2) Findings under this subsection may be based on-- 

907. ART. 107. FALSE STATEMENTS

Any person subject to this chapter who, with intent to deceive, signs any false record, return, regulation, order, or other official document, knowing it to be false, or makes any other false official statement knowing it to be false, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

908. ART. 108. MILITARY PROPERTY OF UNITED STATES-LOSS, DAMAGE, DESTRUCTION, OR WRONGFUL DISPOSITION

Any person subject to this chapter who, without proper authority--

909. ART. 109. PROPERTY OTHER THAN MILITARY PROPERTY OF UNITED STATES - WASTE, SPOILAGE, OR DESTRUCTION

Any person subject to this chapter who willfully or recklessly wastes, spoils, or otherwise willfully and wrongfully destroys or damages any property other than military property of the United States shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

 910. ART 110. IMPROPER HAZARDING OF VESSEL

 (a) Any person subject to this chapter who willfully and wrongfully hazards or suffers to be hazarded any vessel of the armed forces shall suffer death or such punishment as a court-martial may direct.

 (b) Any person subject to this chapter who negligently hazards or suffers to be hazarded any vessel of the armed forces shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

 * 911. ART. 111. DRUNKEN OR RECKLESS DRIVING

 Any person subject to this chapter who operates any vehicle while drunk, or in a reckless or wanton manner, or while impaired by a substance described in section 912a(b) of this title (article 112a(b)), shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

 912. ART. 112. DRUNK ON DUTY

 Any person subject to this chapter other than a sentinel or look-out, who is found drunk on duty, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

 912a. ART. 112a. WRONGFUL USE, POSSESSION, ETC., OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES

 (a) Any person subject to this chapter who wrongfully uses, possesses, manufactures, distributes, imports into the customs territory of the United States, exports form the United States, or introduces into an installation, vessel, vehicle, or aircraft used by or under the control of the armed forces a substance described in subsection (b) shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

 (b) The substances refereed to in subsection (a) are the following:

 913. ART. 113. MISBEHAVIOR OF A SENTINEL OR LOOKOUT

 Any sentinel or look-out who is found drunk or sleeping upon his post, or leaves it before he is regularly relieved, shall be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war, by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct, by if the offense is committed at any other time, by such punishment other than death as court-martial may direct.

 914. ART. 114. DUELING

 Any person subject to this chapter who fights or promotes, or is concerned in or connives at fighting a duel, or who, having knowledge of a challenge sent or about to be sent, fails to report the fact promptly to the proper authority, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

 915. ART 115. MALINGERING

Any person subject to this chapter who for the purpose of avoiding work, duty, or service--

 916. ART. 116. RIOT OR BREACH OF PEACE

 Any person subject to this chapter who causes or participates in any riot or breach of the peace shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

 917. ART. 117. PROVOKING SPEECHES OR GESTURES

 Any person subject to this chapter who uses provoking or reproachful words or gestures towards any other person subject to this chapter shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

 918. ART. 118. MURDER

 Any person subject to this chapter whom without justification or excuse, unlawfully kills a human being, when he--

 919. ART. 119. MANSLAUGHTER

 (a) Any person subject to this chapter who, with an intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm, unlawfully kills a human being in the heat of sudden passion caused by adequate provocation is guilty of voluntary manslaughter and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

 (b) Any person subject to this chapter who, without an intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm, unlawfully kills a human being--

 920. ART. 120. RAPE AND CARNAL KNOWLEDGE

 (a) Any person subject to this chapter who commits an act of sexual intercourse with a female not his wife, by force and without consent, is guilty of rape and shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.

 (b) Any person subject to this chapter who, under circumstances not amounting to rape, commits an act of sexual intercourse with a female not his wife who has not attained the age of sixteen years, is guilty of carnal knowledge and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

 (c) Penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete either of these offenses.

 921. ART. 121. LARCENY AND WRONGFUL APPROPRIATION

 (a) Any person subject to this chapter who wrongfully takes, obtains, or withholds, by any means, from the possession of the owner or of any other person any money, personal property, or article of value of any kind--

 (b) Any person found guilty of larceny or wrongful appropriation shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

 922. ART. 122. ROBBERY

 Any person subject to this chapter who with intent to steal takes anything of value from the person or in the presence of another, against his will, by means of force or violence or fear of immediate or future injury to his person or property or to the person or property of a relative or member of his family or of anyone in his company at the time of the robbery, is guilty of robbery and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

923. ART. 123. FORGERY

Any person subject to this chapter who, with intent to defraud--

923a. ART. 123a. MAKING, DRAWING, OR UTTERING CHECK, DRAFT, OR ORDER WITHOUT SUFFICIENT FUNDS

Any person subject to this chapter who--

 924. ART. 124. MAIMING

 Any person subject to this chapter who, with intent to injure, disfigure, or disable, inflicts upon the person of another an injury which--

925. ART. 125. SODOMY

 (a) Any person subject to this chapter who engages in unnatural carnal copulation with another person of the same or opposite sex or with an animal is guilty of sodomy. Penetration , however slight, is sufficient to complete the offense.

 (b) Any person found guilty of sodomy shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

 926. ART. 126. ARSON

 (a) Any person subject to this chapter who willfully and maliciously burns or sets on fire an inhabited dwelling, or any other structure, movable or immovable, wherein to the knowledge of the offender there is at the time a human being, is guilty of aggravated arson and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(b) Any person subject to this chapter who willfully and maliciously burns or sets fire to the property of another, except as provided in subsection (a), is guilty of simple arson and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

 927. ART. 127. EXTORTION

 Any person subject to this chapter who communicates threats to another person with the intention thereby to obtain anything of value or any acquittance, advantage, or immunity is guilty of extortion and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

 928. ART. 128. ASSAULT

 (a) Any person subject to this chapter who attempts or offers with unlawful force or violence to do bodily harm to another person, whether or not the attempt or offer is consummated, is guilty of assault and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

 (b) Any person subject to this chapter who-- 

 929. ART. 129. BURGLARY

 Any person subject to this chapter who, with intent to commit an offense punishable under section 918-929 of this title (article 118-128), breaks and enters, in the nighttime, the dwelling house of another, is guilty of burglary and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

 930. ART. 130. HOUSEBREAKING

 Any person subject to this chapter who unlawfully enters the building or structure of another with intent to commit a criminal offense therein is guilty of housebreaking and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

931. ART. 131. PERJURY

Any person subject to this chapter who in a judicial proceeding or in a course of justice willfully and corruptly--

 932. ART. 132. FRAUDS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES

 Any person subject to this chapter--

 933. ART. 133. CONDUCT UNBECOMING AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN

 Any commissioned officer, cadet, or midshipman who is convicted of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

934. ART. 134. GENERAL ARTICLE

Though not specifically mentioned in this chapter, all disorders and neglects to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the armed forces, ll conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces, and crimes and offenses not capital, of which persons subject to this chapter may be guilty, shall be taken cognizance of by a general, special or summary court-martial, according to the nature and degree of the offense, and shall be punished at the discretion of that court.

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