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35.486 Insubordinate conduct toward warrant officer, noncommissioned officer, or
petty officer.
Any warrant officer or enlisted member is guilty of any of the following offenses and
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct who:
(1) Strikes or assaults a warrant officer, noncommissioned officer, or petty officer,
while that officer is in the execution of his or her office;
(2) Willfully disobeys the lawful order of a warrant officer, noncommissioned officer,
or petty officer; or
(3) Treats with contempt or is disrespectful in language or deportment toward a warrant
officer, noncommissioned officer, or petty officer while that officer is in the
execution of his or her office.
Effective: June 25, 2013
History: Repealed, reenacted, renumbered, and amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 95,
effective June 25, 2013. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 95, effective July 1,
1954.
Formerly codified as KRS 35.480.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/25/2013). The word "or" has been inserted at
the end of subsection (2) of this statute. As amended in 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 95,
the statute mirrors the language of Article 91 of the Model State Code of Military
Justice, and that article includes the word "or" at the end of its subsection (2). The
Reviser of Statutes has made this change pursuant to KRS 7.136(1).
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