20-12-23: Contempt toward officials.
Where this section sits in the code
- Chapter 20 - Military Affairs
- ARTICLE 12 Code of Military Justice
Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the president of the United States, the vice president of the United States, a member of congress, the United States secretary of defense, the secretary of a military department, the secretary of the United States department of transportation or the governor or legislature of any state, territory, commonwealth or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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