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2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 20 - Military Affairs
Article 12 - Code of Military Justice
Section 20-12-21 - Absence without leave.

NM Stat § 20-12-21 (2016) What's This?

20-12-21. Absence without leave.

Any member of the armed forces who without authority:

A. fails to go to his appointed place of duty at the time prescribed;

B. goes from that place; or

C. absents himself or remains absent from his unit, organization or place of duty at which he is required to be at the time prescribed;

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

History: 1978 Comp., 20-12-21, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 337, 20.

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