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35.600 Misbehavior before the enemy or any hostile force.
Any person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial directs when he,
before or in the presence of the enemy or any hostile force:
(1) Runs away; or
(2) Shamefully abandons, surrenders, or delivers up any command, unit, place, or
military property which it is his duty to defend; or
(3) Through disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct endangers the safety of
any such command, unit, place, or military property; or
(4) Casts away his arms or ammunition; or
(5) Is guilty of cowardly conduct; or
(6) Quits his place of duty to plunder or pillage; or
(7) Causes false alarms in any command, unit, or place under control of the Armed
Forces of the United States or the National Guard or active militia; or
(8) Willfully fails to do his utmost to encounter, engage, capture or destroy any enemy
troops, hostile forces, 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, to the state, or to any other state, when engaged in battle.
History: Created 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 56, sec. 76.
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