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[CITE: 10USC905]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 47--UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE
 
                     SUBCHAPTER X--PUNITIVE ARTICLES
 
Sec. 905. Art. 105. Misconduct as prisoner

    Any person subject to this chapter who, while in the hands of the 
enemy in time of war--
        (1) for the purpose of securing favorable treatment by his 
    captors acts without proper authority in a manner contrary to law, 
    custom, or regulation, to the detriment of others of whatever 
    nationality held by the enemy as civilian or military prisoners; or
        (2) while in a position of authority over such persons maltreats 
    them without justifiable cause;

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 71.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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905...................................  50:699.                              Ma
y 5, 1950, ch. 169, Sec.  1 (Art.
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05), 64 Stat. 138.
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                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 937 of this title.
