Iowa Code 29B.96 – Misbehavior before the enemy
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Any person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if the person, before or in the presence of the enemy, does any of the following:
1. Runs away.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 29B.96
- Code: means this chapter. See Iowa Code 29B.1
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
- property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
- State military forces: means the same as defined in section 29A. See Iowa Code 29B.1
- United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. Shamefully abandons, surrenders, or delivers up any command, unit, place, or military property which it is the person’s duty to defend.
3. Through disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct endangers the safety of any such command, unit, place, or military property.
4. Casts away the person’s arms or ammunition.
5. Is guilty of cowardly conduct.
6. Quits the person’s place of duty to plunder or pillage.
7. Causes false alarms in any command, unit, or place under control of the armed forces of the United States or the state military forces.
8. Willfully fails to do the person’s utmost to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy any enemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft, or any other thing, which it is the person’s duty so to encounter, engage, capture or destroy.
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, to the state, or to any other state, when engaged in battle.