Title 10 — Armed Forces
Part II · Chapter 47 — Uniform Code of Military Justice
§ 900. Art. 100. Subordinate compelling surrender
Statutory text
Any person subject to this chapter who compels or attempts to compel the commander of any place, vessel, aircraft, or other military property, or of any body of members of the armed forces, to give it up to an enemy or to abandon it, or who strikes the colors or flag to an enemy without proper authority, 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. 70.) · 70A Stat. 70
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 900
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 70.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 70.)
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Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 900 | 50:694. | May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 100), 64 Stat. 137. |
Credits
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 70.)