{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-12-64-851","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-851","heading":"Prohibited activities by person in position of special trust","body":"(a) An officer, a noncommissioned officer, or a petty officer shall be punished as a court-martial may direct for abuse of a training leadership position if he or she: (1) Is in a training leadership position with respect to a specially protected junior member of the armed forces; and (2) Engages in prohibited sexual activity with the specially protected junior member of the armed forces. (b) A military recruiter shall be punished as a court-martial may direct for abuse of a position as a military recruiter if he or she engages in prohibited sexual activity with: (1) An applicant he or she is recruiting to enlist in military service; or (2) A specially protected junior member of the armed forces who enlisted under a delayed entry program. (c) Consent is not a defense for any prohibited conduct at issue in a prosecution under this section. Added by Act 2019, No. 211,§ 22, eff. 2/26/2019.\n\n(a) An officer, a noncommissioned officer, or a petty officer shall be punished as a court-martial may direct for abuse of a training leadership position if he or she: (1) Is in a training leadership position with respect to a specially protected junior member of the armed forces; and (2) Engages in prohibited sexual activity with the specially protected junior member of the armed forces.\n\n(1) Is in a training leadership position with respect to a specially protected junior member of the armed forces; and\n\n(2) Engages in prohibited sexual activity with the specially protected junior member of the armed forces.\n\n(b) A military recruiter shall be punished as a court-martial may direct for abuse of a position as a military recruiter if he or she engages in prohibited sexual activity with: (1) An applicant he or she is recruiting to enlist in military service; or (2) A specially protected junior member of the armed forces who enlisted under a delayed entry program.\n\n(1) An applicant he or she is recruiting to enlist in military service; or\n\n(2) A specially protected junior member of the armed forces who enlisted under a delayed entry program.\n\n(c) Consent is not a defense for any prohibited conduct at issue in a prosecution under this section.","path":["AR Code","Title 12","Chapter 64","Subchapter 8"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"357a3b70967226724110719f4d72009e11d744cb7c516bdf0763b6175d1825fb","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-12-64-850","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-12-64-852"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}