2011 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law (§§ 101 - 2925)
Part II - PERSONNEL (§§ 501 - 1805)
Chapter 47 - UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE (§§ 801 - 946)
Subchapter X - PUNITIVE ARTICLES (§§ 877 - 934)
Section 926 - Art. 126. Arson
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle A - General Military Law PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 47 - UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE SUBCHAPTER X - PUNITIVE ARTICLES Sec. 926 - Art. 126. Arson |
| Contains | section 926 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 74. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 64 Stat. 141 |
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(a) Any person subject to this chapter who willfully and maliciously burns or sets on fire an inhabited dwelling, or any other structure, movable or immovable, wherein to the knowledge of the offender there is at the time a human being, is guilty of aggravated arson and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(b) Any person subject to this chapter who willfully and maliciously burns or sets fire to the property of another, except as provided in subsection (a), is guilty of simple arson and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 74.)
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 926(a) 926(b) | 50:720(a). 50:720(b). | May 5, 1950, ch. 169, §1 (Art. 126), 64 Stat. 141. |
In subsection (b), the words “of this section” are omitted as surplusage.
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