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Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-824: Misbehavior before the enemy

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  1. AR Code
  2. Title 12
  3. Chapter 64
  4. Subchapter 8

Any person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if he or she, before or in the presence of the enemy:

(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 arms in any command, unit, or place under control of the armed forces of the United States or the organized militia;

(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 this state, or to any other state, when engaged in battle.

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