10 U.S.C. § 900 — Art. 100. Subordinate compelling surrender
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This section punishes a person subject to this chapter who forces, or tries to force, a military commander to surrender or abandon a military asset. It also punishes striking the colors or flag to the enemy without proper authority.
A person subject to this chapter who forces or tries to force the commander of a place, vessel, aircraft, other military property, or group of armed-forces members to give it up to the enemy or abandon it—or who strikes the colors or flag to the enemy without proper authority—shall be punished by death or by another punishment that a court-martial directs.
Any person subject to this chapter who compels or attempts to compel the commander of any place, vessel, aircraft, or other 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 an enemy without proper authority, shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 70.)
- 1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 1041 on 1956-08-10.
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