§ 130.96. Subordinate compelling surrender. Any person subject to this code who compels or attempts to compel a commander of any place, vessel, aircraft, or other military property, or of any body of members of the armed forces of the United States or of any other state, or of the organized militia 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 as a court-martial may direct.

Terms Used In N.Y. Military Law 130.96

  • Organized militia: means the organized militia, the composition of which is stated in section two of this chapter;

    (2) "Officer" means a commissioned officer including a commissioned warrant officer;

    (3) "Superior officer" means an officer superior in rank or command;

    (4) "Enlisted person" means any person who is serving in an enlisted grade in any force of the organized militia;

    (5) "Active state duty" means full time military duty in the active service of the state under an order of the governor issued pursuant to sections six or seven of this chapter and while going to and returning from such duty;

    (6) "Duty status other than active state duty" means any one of the types of duty described in section forty-six of this chapter and while going to and returning from such duty;

    (7) "Military court" means a court-martial, a court of inquiry, a provost court;

    (8) "Military judge" means an official of a general court-martial detailed in accordance with section 130. See N.Y. Military Law 130.1