Georgia § 38-2-1113 - Drunk or sleeping while standing post.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 38-2-1113 — Drunk or sleeping while standing post., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 38-2-1113. Drunk or sleeping while standing post.
Any sentinel or lookout who is found under the influence of alcohol sufficient to impair the rational and full exercise of his or her mental or physical faculties or sleeping upon his or her post or leaves it before being regularly relieved shall be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war, by confinement of not more than ten years or other punishment as a court-martial may direct, but if the offense is committed at any time other than in time of war, by such punishment as a court-martial may direct. (Code 1981, § 38-2-1113 , enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 753, § 1/HB 98.) U.S. Code. - For similar provision in Uniform Code of Military Justice, see 10 U.S.C. § 914.
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