Michigan § 32.1099 - Prohibited acts committed before or in presence of enemy, in peacetime emergency, or civil disturbance; punishment.
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§ 32.1099. Prohibited acts committed before or in presence of enemy, in peacetime emergency, or civil disturbance; punishment.
A person subject to this code who before or in the presence of the enemy or during the performance of duty in a peacetime emergency or civil disturbance operation commits 1 of the following acts shall be punished as a court-martial directs:
(a) Runs away.
(b) Abandons, surrenders, or delivers up a command, unit, place, or military property which it is the person's duty to defend.
(c) Through disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct endangers the safety of a command, unit, place, or military property.
(d) Casts away arms or ammunition.
(e) Is guilty of cowardly conduct.
(f) Quits a place of duty to plunder or pillage.
(g) Causes false alarms in a command, unit, or place under the control of the armed forces of the United States, the state military forces, or the military forces of any other state or territory.
(h) Willfully fails to do the person's utmost to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy enemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft, or any other thing which it is the person's duty to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy.
(i) Does not afford all practicable relief and assistance to troops, combatants, vessels, or aircraft of the armed forces belonging to the United States, to their allies, or to any other state or to the state military forces if engaged in battle.
(j) Willfully fails to do his or her utmost to suppress civil disturbance while engaged in an emergency response operation.
Source: official Michigan text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 32.1099 ("Prohibited acts committed before or in presence of enemy, in peacetime emergency, or civil disturbance; punishment.") is part of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the codified statutory law of Michigan. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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