(a)  Any person subject to this code who willfully and wrongfully hazards or suffers to be hazarded any vessel of the armed forces of the United States, or of the state military forces, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 30-13-109

  • Military: refers to any or all of the armed forces;
    (15) "Military court" means a court-martial, a court of inquiry, or a provost court;
    (16) "Officer" means commissioned or warrant officer;
    (17) "Rank" means the order of precedence among members of the state military forces;
    (18) "Shall" is used in an imperative sense;
    (19) "State judge advocate" means the commissioned officer on the staff of the adjutant general responsible for supervising military justice in the state military forces;
    (20) "State military forces" means the national guard of the state, as defined in 32 U. See Rhode Island General Laws 30-13-1
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8

(b)  Any person subject to this code who negligently hazards or suffers to be hazarded any vessel of the armed forces of the United States, or of the state military forces, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 30-13-109; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1.