35.577 Mutiny or sedition.

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(1)Any person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct who:

(a)With intent to usurp or override lawful military authority, refuses, in concert

with any other person, to obey orders or otherwise do his or her duty or creates

any violence or disturbance is guilty of mutiny;

(b)With intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of lawful civil authority,

creates, in concert with any other person, revolt, violence, or other disturbance

against that authority is guilty of sedition; or

(c)Fails to do his or her utmost to prevent and suppress a mutiny or sedition

being committed in his or her presence, or fails to take all reasonable means to

inform his or her superior commissioned officer or commanding officer of an

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

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

(2)A person who is found guilty of attempted mutiny, mutiny, sedition, or failure to

suppress or report a mutiny or sedition shall be punished as a court-martial may

direct.