Mississippi § 33-13-487 - Mutiny or sedition.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 33-13-487 — Mutiny or sedition., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 33-13-487. Mutiny or sedition.
Any person subject to this code who: with intent to usurp or override lawful military authority refuses, in concert with any other person, or persons, to obey orders or otherwise do his duty or creates any violence or disturbance is guilty of mutiny; with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of lawful civil authority, creates, in concert with any other person, revolt, violence, or other disturbances against that authority is guilty of sedition; fails to do his utmost to prevent and suppress a mutiny or sedition being committed in his presence, or fails to take all reasonable means to inform his superior commissioned officer or commanding officer of a mutiny or sedition which he knows or has reason to believe is taking place; is guilty of a failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition. 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.
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Section 33-13-487 ("Mutiny or sedition.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. 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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