10 U.S.C. § 895 — Art. 95. Offenses by sentinel or lookout

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A sentinel or lookout who is drunk, asleep, leaves before relief, loiters, or wrongfully sits on post may be punished by court-martial. During wartime, the first offense can carry death; otherwise death is unavailable.

(a) A sentinel or lookout who is drunk or asleep on post, or leaves before being regularly relieved, may be punished: (1) during war, by death or another court-martial punishment; (2) outside wartime, by a punishment other than death that the court-martial directs. (b) A sentinel or lookout who loiters or wrongfully sits on post may be punished as a court-martial directs.

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(a)Drunk or Sleeping on Post, or Leaving Post Before Being Relieved.—

Any sentinel or lookout who is drunk on post, who sleeps on post, or who leaves post before being regularly relieved, 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 other than in time of war, by such punishment, other than death, as a court-martial may direct.

(b)Loitering or Wrongfully Sitting on Post.—

Any sentinel or lookout who loiters or wrongfully sits down on post shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 72, § 913; renumbered § 895 and amended Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, §§ 5401(8), 5411, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2938, 2943.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
2016Amended · Pub. L. 114-328 · 130 Stat. 2938, 2943

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

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