§ 900 - Art. 100. Subordinate compelling surrender

CHAPTER 47— UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE › SUBCHAPTER X— PUNITIVE ARTICLES

Any person subject to this chapter who compels or attempts to compel the commander of any place, vessel, aircraft, or other military property, or of any body of members of the armed forces, to give it up to an enemy or to abandon it, or who strikes the colors or flag to an enemy without proper authority, shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 90050:694.May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 100), 64 Stat. 137.