Kentucky Statutes 35.577 – Mutiny or sedition
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(1) Any person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct who: (a) With intent to usurp or override lawful military authority, refuses, in concert
with any other person, to obey orders or otherwise do his or her duty or creates
any violence or disturbance is guilty of mutiny;
(b) 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; or
(c) Fails to do his or her utmost to prevent and suppress a mutiny or sedition being committed in his or her presence, or fails to take all reasonable means to inform his or her superior commissioned officer or commanding officer of an offense of mutiny or sedition which he or she knows or has reason to believe is taking place, is guilty of a failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition.
(2) 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.
Effective: June 25, 2013
History: Repealed, reenacted, renumbered, and amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 98, effective June 25, 2013. — Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 56, sec. 63. — Created 1954
Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 92, effective July 1, 1954.
Formerly codified as KRS § 35.465.
with any other person, to obey orders or otherwise do his or her duty or creates
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 35.577
- Code: means this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 35.010
- Commanding officer: includes only commissioned officers of the state military forces and shall include officers in charge only when administering nonjudicial punishment under KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 35.010
- Military: refers to any or all of the Armed Forces. See Kentucky Statutes 35.010
- Officer: means a commissioned or warrant officer. See Kentucky Statutes 35.010
any violence or disturbance is guilty of mutiny;
(b) 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; or
(c) Fails to do his or her utmost to prevent and suppress a mutiny or sedition being committed in his or her presence, or fails to take all reasonable means to inform his or her superior commissioned officer or commanding officer of an offense of mutiny or sedition which he or she knows or has reason to believe is taking place, is guilty of a failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition.
(2) 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.
Effective: June 25, 2013
History: Repealed, reenacted, renumbered, and amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 98, effective June 25, 2013. — Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 56, sec. 63. — Created 1954
Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 92, effective July 1, 1954.
Formerly codified as KRS § 35.465.