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title: O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1082. Solicitation of desertion, mutiny, misbehavior before the enemy, or sedition.
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# O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1082. Solicitation of desertion, mutiny, misbehavior before the enemy, or sedition.

(a) Any person subject to this article who solicits or advises another or others to desert in violation of Code Section 38-2-1085 or mutiny in violation of Code Section 38-2-1094 shall, if the offense solicited or advised is attempted or committed, be punished with the punishment provided for the commission of the offense; but, if the offense solicited or advised is not committed or attempted, the person shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(b) Any person subject to this article who solicits or advises another or others to commit an act of misbehavior before the enemy in violation of Code Section 38-2-1099 or sedition in violation of Code Section 38-2-1094 shall, if the offense solicited or advised is committed, be punished with the punishment provided for the commission of the offense; but, if the offense solicited or advised is not committed, the person shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

## History

Code 1981, § 38-2-1082, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 753, § 1/HB 98.

## U.s. Code.

For similar provision in Uniform Code of Military Justice, see 10 U.S.C. § 882.