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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 · Sec. 5441

Sec. 5441. ASSAULT

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## SEC. 5441 ASSAULT Section 928 of title 10, United States Code (article 128 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended to read as follows: > > ## “SEC. 928 Art. 128. Assault > > > ### “(a) Assault > > Any person subject to this chapter who, unlawfully and with force or violence— > > > #### “(1) > > attempts to do bodily harm to another person; > > > #### “(2) > > offers to do bodily harm to another person; or > > > #### “(3) > > does bodily harm to another person; > > is guilty of assault and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. > > > ### “(b) Aggravated Assault > > Any person subject to this chapter— > > > #### “(1) > > who, with the intent to do bodily harm, offers to do bodily harm with a dangerous weapon; or > > > #### “(2) > > who, in committing an assault, inflicts substantial bodily harm, or grievous bodily harm on another person; > > is guilty of aggravated assault and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. > > > ### “(c) Assault With Intent to Commit Specified Offenses > > > #### “(1) In general > > Any person subject to this chapter who commits assault with intent to commit an offense specified in paragraph
(2)shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. > > > #### “(2) Offenses specified > > The offenses referred to in paragraph
(1)are murder, voluntary manslaughter, rape, sexual assault, rape of a child, sexual assault of a child, robbery, arson, burglary, and kidnapping.” > .
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