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N.Y. Military Law § 130.90: Mutiny or sedition

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  1. Military Law
  2. Article 7. Code of Military Justice
  3. Part 10. Punitive Articles

§ 130.90. Mutiny or sedition. (a) Any person subject to this code--

(1) who with intent to usurp or override lawful military authority

refuses, in concert with any other person or persons, to obey orders or

otherwise do his duty or creates any violence or disturbance is guilty

of mutiny;

(2) who with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of lawful

civil authority, creates, in concert with any other person or persons,

revolt, violence, or other disturbance against such authority is guilty

of sedition;

(3) who fails to do his utmost to prevent and suppress an offense of

mutiny or sedition being committed in his presence, or fails to take all

reasonable means to inform his superior or commanding officer of an

offense of mutiny or sedition which he knows or has reason to believe is

taking place, is guilty of a failure to suppress or report a mutiny or

sedition.

(b) A person who is found guilty of attempted mutiny, sedition, or

failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition shall be punished as

a court-martial may direct.

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