Kentucky Statutes 35.600 – Misbehavior before the enemy
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Any person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct who, before or in the presence of the enemy or any hostile force:
(1) Runs away;
(2) Shamefully abandons, surrenders, or delivers up any command, unit, place, or military property which it is his or her 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 his or her arms or ammunition; (5) Is guilty of cowardly conduct;
(6) Quits his or her 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 his or her utmost to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy any enemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft, or any other thing, which it is his or her 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, to the state, or to any other state, when engaged in battle.
Effective: June 25, 2013
History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 103, effective June 25, 2013. — Created
1970 Ky. Acts ch. 56, sec. 76.
(1) Runs away;
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 35.600
- any other state: includes any state, territory, outlying possession, the District of Columbia, and any foreign government or country. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Code: means this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 35.010
- Military: refers to any or all of the Armed Forces. See Kentucky Statutes 35.010
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- State military forces: means the Kentucky National Guard as defined in Title 32 of the United States Code and as organized under the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. See Kentucky Statutes 35.010
(2) Shamefully abandons, surrenders, or delivers up any command, unit, place, or military property which it is his or her 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 his or her arms or ammunition; (5) Is guilty of cowardly conduct;
(6) Quits his or her 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 his or her utmost to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy any enemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft, or any other thing, which it is his or her 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, to the state, or to any other state, when engaged in battle.
Effective: June 25, 2013
History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 103, effective June 25, 2013. — Created
1970 Ky. Acts ch. 56, sec. 76.