10 U.S.C. § 889 — Art. 89. Disrespect toward superior commissioned officer; assault of superior commissioned officer

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(a) Disrespect .— Any person subject to this chapter who behaves with disrespect toward that person’s superior commissioned officer must be punished as a court-martial may direct. (b) Assault .— Any person subject to this chapter who strikes that person’s superior commissioned officer or draws or lifts up any weapon or offers any violence against that officer while the officer is in the execution of the officer’s office must be punished— (1) if the offense is committed in time of war, by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct; and (2) if the offense is committed at any other time, by such punishment, other than death, as a court-martial may direct.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

(a)Disrespect.—

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

(b)Assault.—

Any person subject to this chapter who strikes that person’s superior commissioned officer or draws or lifts up any weapon or offers any violence against that officer while the officer is in the execution of the officer’s office shall be punished—

(1)

if the offense is committed in time of war, by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct; and

(2)

if the offense is committed at any other time, by such punishment, other than death, as a court-martial may direct.

Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 67; Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5408, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2941.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
2016Amended · Pub. L. 114-328 · 130 Stat. 2941

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 1041 on 1956-08-10.