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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

38-2-1092. Failure to obey an order, regulation, protective order, or consent agreement and dereliction of duties.

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  1. Any person subject to this article shall be punished as a court-martial may direct who:

  2. (1)

    Violates or fails to obey any lawful general order or regulation;#

  3. (2)

    Having knowledge of any other lawful order issued by a member of the organized militia, which it is his or her duty to obey, fails to obey the order;#

  4. (3)

    Is derelict in the performance of his or her duties; or#

  5. (4)

    Having knowledge of a protective order or consent agreement issued pursuant to Code Section 38-2-1006.1, which it is his or her duty to obey, fails to obey the protective order or consent agreement.#

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, § 38-2-1092, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 753, § 1/HB 98; Ga. L. 2025, p. 493, § 5/HB 325, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, deleted “or” at the end of paragraph (2); added “or” at the end of paragraph (3); and added paragraph (4).

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