Mississippi Code
Article 19 - Punitive Sections
§ 33-13-497. Misbehavior before the enemy

Any person subject to this code who before or in the presence of the enemy:
Runs away;
Shamefully abandons, surrenders or delivers up any command, unit, place or military property which it is his duty to defend;
Through disobedience, neglect or intentional misconduct endangers the safety of any such command, unit, place or military property;
Casts away his arms or ammunition;
Is guilty of cowardly conduct;
Causes false alarms in the command, unit or place under control of the Armed Forces of the United States or the state military forces of Mississippi, or any other state;
Quits his place of duty to plunder or pillage;
Willfully fails to do his utmost to encounter, engage, capture or destroy enemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft or any other thing, which it is his duty to so encounter, engage, capture or destroy; or
Does not afford all practicable relief and assistance to any troops, combatants, vessels or aircraft of the Armed Forces belonging to the United States or their allies, to this state, or to any other state, when engaged in battle; shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Structure Mississippi Code

Mississippi Code

Title 33 - Military Affairs

Chapter 13 - Mississippi Code of Military Justice

Article 19 - Punitive Sections

§ 33-13-451. Persons to be tried or punished

§ 33-13-453. Principal

§ 33-13-455. Accessory after the fact

§ 33-13-457. Conviction of lesser included offense

§ 33-13-459. Attempts

§ 33-13-461. Conspiracy

§ 33-13-463. Solicitation

§ 33-13-465. Fraudulent enlistment, appointment, or separation

§ 33-13-467. Unlawful enlistment, appointment, or separation

§ 33-13-471. Absent without leave

§ 33-13-473. Missing movement

§ 33-13-475. Contempt towards Governor

§ 33-13-477. Disrespect toward superior commissioned officer

§ 33-13-479. Assaulting or willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer

§ 33-13-481. Insubordinate conduct toward warrant officer or noncommissioned officer

§ 33-13-483. Failure to obey order or regulation

§ 33-13-485. Cruelty and maltreatment

§ 33-13-487. Mutiny or sedition

§ 33-13-489. Resistance, breach of arrest, and escape

§ 33-13-491. Releasing prisoner without proper authority

§ 33-13-493. Unlawful detention of another

§ 33-13-495. Noncompliance with procedural rules

§ 33-13-497. Misbehavior before the enemy

§ 33-13-499. Subordinate compelling surrender

§ 33-13-501. Improper use of countersign

§ 33-13-503. Forcing a safeguard

§ 33-13-507. Aiding the enemy

§ 33-13-509. Misconduct of a prisoner

§ 33-13-511. False official statements

§ 33-13-513. Military property loss, damage, destruction, wrongful disposition

§ 33-13-515. Property other than military property; waste, spoilage, or destruction

§ 33-13-517. Improper hazarding of vessel

§ 33-13-519. Under influence of liquor or drugs while on duty; sleeping on post; leaving post before relief

§ 33-13-521. Malingering

§ 33-13-523. Riot or breach of peace

§ 33-13-525. Provoking speeches or gestures

§ 33-13-527. Conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman

§ 33-13-529. General article