Title 10 — Armed Forces
Part II · Chapter 47 — Uniform Code of Military Justice
§ 894. Art. 94. Mutiny or sedition
Statutory text
Any person subject to this chapter who—
with intent to usurp or override lawful military authority, refuses, in concert with any other person, 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 disturbance 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 by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 68.) · 70A Stat. 68
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 894
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 68.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 68.)
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Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 894(a)894(b) | 50:688(a).50:688(b). | May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 94), 64 Stat. 136. |
In subsection (a)(1) and (2), the words “or persons” are omitted, since, under section 1 of title 1, words importing the singular may apply to several persons.
In subsection (a)(3), the word “a” is substituted for the words “an offense of”. The words “commissioned officer” are inserted after the word “superior”, for clarity.
Credits
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 68.)