2006 New York Code - Misbehavior Before The Enemy.



 
    § 130.95. Misbehavior  before  the  enemy.  Any person subject to this
  code who before or in the presence of the enemy--
    (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 organized militia; or
    (8) willfully fails to do his utmost to encounter, engage, capture, or
  destroy  any  enemy  troops, 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, or to any other state or to the
  organized militia when engaged in battle;
  shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

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