Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 shall be punished as a court-martial may direct who, without authority:

(1) Fails to go to the person’s appointed place of duty at the time prescribed;

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 40.276

  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020

(2) Goes from that place; or

(3) Absents himself or remains absent from the person’s unit, organization, or place of duty at which he is required to be at the time prescribed.