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Article 94. Mutiny or sedition.
(a) A person subject to this code who: (1) with intent to usurp or override lawful military authority, refuses, in concert with another person, to obey orders or otherwise do their duty or creates any violence or a disturbance shall be guilty of mutiny; (2) with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of lawful civil authority, creates, in concert with another person, revolt, violence or other disturbance against that authority shall be guilty of sedition; or (3) fails to do their utmost to prevent and suppress a mutiny or sedition being committed in such person's presence or fails to take all reasonable means to inform such person's superior commissioned officer or commanding officer of a mutiny or sedition which such person knows or has reason to believe is taking place shall be guilty of a failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition.
(b) 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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Massachusetts General Laws Part I. Administration of the Government (Ch. 1-182) Ch. 33A, § 94 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ma/part-i-administration-of-the-government-ch-1-182/ma-gen-laws-ch-33a-sect-94/
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