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New York · Through 2026-09-11

N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 5: Military service by citizens

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  1. Civil Rights Law
  2. Article 2. Bill of Rights

§ 5. Military service by citizens. No citizen of this state can be

constrained to arm himself, or to go out of this state, or to find

soldiers or men of arms, either horsemen or footmen, without the grant

and assent of the people of this state, by their representatives in

senate and assembly, except in the cases specially provided for by the

constitution of the United States.

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