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Title 38. MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS · Chapter 2. MILITARY AFFAIRS · Article 5. CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE · Part 10. PUNITIVE PROVISIONS

38-2-1086. Absence without leave.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. Any person subject to this article shall be punished as a court-martial may direct who, without authority:

  2. (1)

    Fails to go to his or her appointed place of duty at the time prescribed;#

  3. (2)

    Goes from his or her place of duty; or#

  4. (3)

    Absents himself or herself or remains absent from his or her unit, organization, or place of duty at which the person is required to be at the time prescribed.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 38-2-1086, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 753, § 1/HB 98.

Cross references

Statute of limitations, § 38-2-437.

Other notes

U.S. Code.
For similar provision in Uniform Code of Military Justice, see 10 U.S.C. § 886.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t37-t39-(v28)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V28, 2021 edition, page 505; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 4eed692485f5.