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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 903
§ 899. Art. 99. Misbehavior before the enemy
Any member of the armed forces who before or
in the presence of the enemy—
(1) runs away;
(2) shamefully abandons, surrenders, or de-
livers up any command, unit, place, or mili-
tary property which it is his duty to defend;
(3) through disobedience, neglect, or inten-
tional misconduct endangers the safety of any
such command, unit, place, or military prop-
erty;
(4) casts away his arms or ammunition;
(5) is guilty of cowardly conduct;
(6) quits his place of duty to plunder or pil-
lage;
(7) causes false alarms in any command,
unit, or place under control of the armed
forces;
(8) willfully fails to do his utmost to encoun-
ter, engage, capture, or destroy any enemy
troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft, or any
other thing, which it is his duty so to encoun-
ter, 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 when engaged
in battle;
shall be punished by death or such other punish-
ment as a court-martial may direct.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 69.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
section Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
May 5, 1950, ch. 169, §1
(Art. 99), 64 Stat. 187.
CROSS REFERENCES
Article to be explained, see section 937 of this title.
Federal retirement benefits, forfeiture upon convic-
tion of offenses described hereunder, see section 8312 of
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Plea of guilty, prohibition against reception, see sec-
tion 845 of this title.
Solicitation of offense, see section 882 of this title.
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 882, 987 of this
title.
§900. Art. 100. Subordinate compelling surrender
Any person subject to this chapter who com-
pels 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.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 70.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
‘SeOHOn. Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
900... 50:694 May 5, 1950, ch. 169, §1
(Art. 100), 64 Stat. 187.
CROSS REFERENCES
Article to be explained, see section 937 of this title.
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in section 987 of this title.
§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 knowl-
edge, he was authorized and required to give,
shall be punished by death or such other punish-
ment as a court-martial may direct.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 70.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
section Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
50:695. May 5, 1950, ch. 169, §1
(Art. 101), 64 Stat. 137.
CROSS REFERENCES
Article to be explained, see section 937 of this title.
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in section 987 of this title.
§902. Art. 102. Forcing a safeguard
Any person subject to this chapter who forces
a safeguard shall suffer death or such other pun-
ishment as a court-martial may direct.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 70.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
section Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
50:696. May 5, 1950, ch. 169, §1
(Art. 102), 64 Stat. 137.
CROSS REFERENCES
Article to be explained, see section 937 of this title.
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in section 987 of this title.
§903. Art. 103. Captured or abandoned property
(a) All persons subject to this chapter shall se-
cure all public property taken from the enemy
for the service of the United States, and shall
give notice and turn over to the proper author-
ity without delay all captured or abandoned
property in their possession, custody, or control.
(b) Any person subject to this chapter who—
(1) fails to carry out the duties prescribed in
subsection (a);
(2) buys, sells, trades, or in any way deals in
or disposes of captured or abandoned property,
whereby he receives or expects any profit, ben-
efit, or advantage to himself or another di-
rectly or indirectly connected with himself; or
(3) engages in looting or pillaging;
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 70.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised : :
section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
903(a) ...... 50:697(a). May 5, 1950, ch. 169, §1
903(b) ...... 50:697(b). (Art. 103), 64 Stat. 138.