51 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 60 - Punitive §s
- Chapter Notes
- Section 6001 - Principals
Any person subject to this part who: (1) commits an offense punishable by this part or aids, abets, counsels, commands or procures its commission;...
- Section 6002 - Accessory After The Fact
Any person subject to this part who, knowing that an offense punishable by this part has been committed, receives, comforts or assists the offender...
- Section 6003 - Conviction Of Lesser Included Offense
An accused may be found guilty of an offense necessarily included in the offense charged or of an attempt to commit either the offense...
- Section 6004 - Attempts
(a) Attempt defined.--An act done with specific intent to commit an offense under this part amounting to more than mere preparation and tending, even...
- Section 6005 - Conspiracy
Any person subject to this part who conspires with any other person to commit an offense under this part shall, if one or more...
- Section 6006 - Solicitation
(a) Desertion and mutiny.--Any person subject to this part who solicits or advises another or others to desert in violation of section 6009 (relating...
- Section 6007 - Fraudulent Enlistment, Appointment Or Separation
Any person who: (1) procures his own enlistment or appointment in the State military forces by knowingly false representation or deliberate concealment as to...
- Section 6008 - Unlawful Enlistment, Appointment Or Separation
Any person subject to this part who effects an enlistment or appointment in or a separation from the State military forces of any person...
- Section 6009 - Desertion
(a) Offense defined.--Any member of the State military forces who: (1) without authority goes or remains absent from his unit, organization or place of...
- Section 6010 - Absence Without Leave
(a) Offense defined.--Any person subject to this part who, without authority: (1) fails to go to his appointed place of duty at the time...
- Section 6011 - Missing Movement
Any person subject to this part who through neglect or design misses the movement of a ship, aircraft or unit with which he is...
- Section 6012 - Contempt Toward Officials
Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President of the United States, Vice President of the United States, Congress, Secretary of Defense,...
- Section 6013 - Disrespect Toward Superior Commissioned Officer
Any person subject to this part who behaves with disrespect toward his superior commissioned officer shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
- Section 6014 - Assaulting Or Willfully Disobeying Superior Commissioned Officer
Any person subject to this part who: (1) strikes, draws or lifts up any weapon or offers any violence against his superior commissioned officer...
- Section 6015 - Insubordinate Conduct Toward Warrant Officer, Noncommissioned Officer Or Petty Officer
Any warrant officer or enlisted member who: (1) strikes or assaults a warrant officer, noncommissioned officer or petty officer while that officer is in...
- Section 6016 - Failure To Obey Order Or Regulation
Any person subject to this part who: (1) violates or fails to obey any lawful general order or regulation; (2) having knowledge of any...
- Section 6017 - Cruelty And Maltreatment
Any person subject to this part who is guilty of cruelty toward or oppression or maltreatment of any person subject to his orders shall...
- Section 6018 - Mutiny Or Sedition
(a) Offense defined.--Any person subject to this part who: (1) with intent to usurp or override lawful military authority refuses, in concert with any...
- Section 6019 - Resistance, Flight, Breach Of Arrest And Escape
Any person subject to this part who resists apprehension, flees from apprehension, breaks arrest or escapes from custody or confinement shall be punished as...
- Section 6020 - Releasing Prisoner Without Proper Authority
Any person subject to this part who, without proper authority, releases any prisoner committed to his charge or who, through neglect or design, suffers...
- Section 6021 - Unlawful Detention Of Another
Any person subject to this part who, except as provided by law or regulation, apprehends, arrests or confines any person shall be punished as...
- Section 6022 - Noncompliance With Procedural Rules
Any person subject to this part who: (1) is responsible for unnecessary delay in the disposition of any case of a person accused of...
- Section 6023 - Misbehavior Before Enemy
Any person subject to this part who, before or in the presence of the enemy: (1) runs away; (2) shamefully abandons, surrenders or delivers...
- Section 6024 - Subordinate Compelling Surrender
Any person subject to this part who compels or attempts to compel a commander of any place, vessel, aircraft or other military property, or...
- Section 6025 - Improper Use Of Countersign
Any person subject to this part who, in time of war or national emergency, discloses the parole or countersign to any person not entitled...
- Section 6026 - Forcing A Safeguard
Any person subject to this part who forces a safeguard shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
- Section 6027 - Captured Or Abandoned Property
(a) Duty to secure property.--All persons subject to this part shall secure all public property taken for the service of the United States or...
- Section 6028 - Aiding The Enemy
Any person subject to this part who: (1) aids or attempts to aid the enemy with arms, ammunition, supplies, money or other things; or...
- Section 6029 - Misconduct Of Prisoner
Any person subject to this part who, while in the hands of the enemy in time of war: (1) for the purpose of securing...
- Section 6030 - False Official Statements
Any person subject to this part who, with intent to deceive, signs any false record, return, regulation, order or other official document made in...
- Section 6031 - Loss, Damage, Destruction Or Wrongful Disposition Of Military Property
Any person subject to this part who, without proper authority: (1) sells or otherwise disposes of; (2) willfully or through neglect damages, destroys or...
- Section 6032 - Waste, Spoilage Or Destruction Of Nonmilitary Property
Any person subject to this part who willfully or recklessly wastes, spoils or otherwise willfully and wrongfully destroys or damages any property other than...
- Section 6033 - Improper Hazarding Of Vessel
(a) Willful conduct.--Any person subject to this part who willfully and wrongfully hazards or suffers to be hazarded any vessel of the armed forces...
- Section 6034 - Drunken Or Reckless Driving
Any person subject to this part who, while in a duty status or while on a military installation, operates any vehicle while drunk or...
- Section 6035 - Drunk On Duty, Sleeping On Post And Leaving Post Before Relief
(a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), any person subject to this part who is found drunk on duty, sleeping on his post...
- Section 6036 - Dueling
Any person subject to this part who fights, promotes, is concerned in or connives at fighting a duel or who, having knowledge of a...
- Section 6037 - Malingering
Any person subject to this part who, for the purpose of avoiding work, duty or service in the State military forces: (1) feigns illness,...
- Section 6038 - Riot Or Breach Of Peace
Any person subject to this part who causes or participates in any riot or breach of the peace shall be punished as a court-martial...
- Section 6039 - Provoking Speeches Or Gestures
Any person subject to this part who uses provoking or reproachful words or gestures towards any other person subject to this part shall be...
- Section 6040 - Perjury
Any person subject to this part who, in a judicial proceeding, in a course of justice conducted under this part or in any administrative...
- Section 6041 - Frauds Against Government
Any person subject to this part: (1) who, knowing it to be false or fraudulent: (i) makes any claim against the United States, the...
- Section 6042 - Larceny And Wrongful Appropriation
(a) Offenses defined.--Any person subject to this part who, while in a duty status, wrongfully takes, obtains or withholds by any means whatever from...
- Section 6043 - Assault
Any person subject to this part who, while in a duty status, attempts or offers with unlawful force or violence to do bodily harm...
- Section 6044 - Conduct Unbecoming An Officer And A Gentleman
Any commissioned officer who is convicted of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
- Section 6045 - General Article
Though not specifically described in this part, a person subject to this title who engages in any disorder and neglect to the prejudice of...
- Section 6046 - Embezzlement
Any person subject to this part who shall, while in a duty status, embezzle, misapply or convert to his own use, without authority, any...
- Section 6047 - Purchasing And Receiving Military Property In Pawn
Any person subject to this part who knowingly and willfully sells, purchases or receives in pawn or pledge any military property of the Commonwealth...
- Section 6048 - Wrongful Use And Possession Of Controlled Substances
(a) General rule.--Any person subject to this title who wrongfully uses, possesses, manufactures, distributes, imports into the customs territory of the United States, exports...
Last modified: October 8, 2016