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[CITE: 10USC899]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 47--UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE
 
                     SUBCHAPTER X--PUNITIVE ARTICLES
 
Sec. 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 delivers up any command, 
    unit, place, or military property which it is his duty to defend;
        (3) through disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct 
    endangers the safety of any such command, unit, place, or military 
    property;
        (4) casts away his arms or ammunition;
        (5) is guilty of cowardly conduct;
        (6) quits his place of duty to plunder or pillage;
        (7) causes false alarms in any command, unit, or place under 
    control of the armed forces;
        (8) willfully fails to do his utmost to encounter, engage, 
    capture, or destroy any enemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft, 
    or any other thing, which it is his duty so to encounter, 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 punishment as a court-martial 
may direct.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 69.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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899...................................  50:693.                              Ma
y 5, 1950, ch. 169, Sec.  1 (Art.
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9), 64 Stat. 137.
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                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 882, 937 of this title.
