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Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 33-13-1. Definitions - In this chapter unless the context otherwise requires: "State military...
§ 33-13-5. Concurrent jurisdiction with civilian courts - This code shall constitute concurrent jurisdiction with appropriate civilian courts...
§ 33-13-7. Persons subject to code - is subject to this code until such person's service has...
Article 3 - Apprehension and Restraint
§ 33-13-19. Apprehension of deserters - Any civil officer or peace officer having authority to apprehend...
§ 33-13-23. Restraint of persons charged with offenses; confinement in civilian institutions - Any person subject to this code charged with an offense...
§ 33-13-27. Punishment prohibited before trial - Subject to Section 33-13-355, no person, while being held for...
Article 5 - Nonjudicial Punishment
§ 33-13-31. Commanding officer's nonjudicial punishment - 1. Arrest in quarters for not more than thirty (30)...
Article 7 - Courts-Martial Jurisdiction
§ 33-13-151. Courts-martial classified; composition - The three (3) kinds of courts-martial in each of the...
§ 33-13-153. Jurisdiction of courts-martial in general - Each force of the state military forces has court-martial jurisdiction...
§ 33-13-161. Jurisdiction of courts-martial not exclusive - The provisions of this article conferring jurisdiction upon courts-martial do...
Article 9 - Appointment and Composition of Courts-Martial
§ 33-13-175. Who may convene general courts-martial - In the state military forces not in federal service, general...
§ 33-13-177. Who may convene special courts-martial - In the state military forces not in federal service, the...
§ 33-13-179. Who may convene summary courts-martial - In the state military forces not in federal service, the...
§ 33-13-187. Detail or employment of reporters and interpreters - Under such regulations as the Governor may prescribe, the convening...
Article 11 - Pre-Trial Procedure
§ 33-13-257. Forwarding of charges - When a person is held for trial by general court-martial,...
§ 33-13-261. Service of charges - The trial counsel to whom court-martial charges are referred for...
Article 13 - Trial Procedure
§ 33-13-301. Governor may prescribe rules - The pretrial, trial and post-trial procedures, including modes of proof,...
§ 33-13-309. Continuances - The military judge, or a court-martial without a military judge,...
§ 33-13-313. Oaths - Before performing their respective duties, military judges, members of general...
§ 33-13-325. Contempts - A military court may punish for contempt any person who...
§ 33-13-335. Court to announce action - A court-martial shall announce its finding and sentence to the...
Article 15 - Sentences
§ 33-13-351. Cruel and unusual punishment prohibited - Punishment by flogging, or by branding, marking or tatooing on...
§ 33-13-353. Maximum limits - The punishment which a court-martial may direct for an offense...
Article 17 - Review of Courts-Martial
§ 33-13-403. Initial action on the record - After trial by court-martial the record shall be forwarded to...
§ 33-13-405. General court-martial records - The convening authority shall refer the record of each general...
§ 33-13-407. Reconsideration and revision - Where there is an apparent error or omission in the...
§ 33-13-409. Rehearings - If the convening authority disapproves the finding and sentence of...
§ 33-13-411. Approval by the convening authority - In acting on the findings and sentence of a court-martial,...
§ 33-13-419. Precedents of other courts - Decisions of the United States Court of Appeals for the...
§ 33-13-421. Appellate counsel - The counsel and defense counsel of a court-martial shall serve...
§ 33-13-425. Petition for a new trial - At any time within two (2) years after approval by...
§ 33-13-431. Finality of proceedings, findings, and sentences - The appellate review of records of trial provided by this...
Article 19 - Punitive Sections
§ 33-13-451. Persons to be tried or punished - No person may be tried or punished for any offense...
§ 33-13-453. Principal - Any person subject to this code who:
§ 33-13-455. Accessory after the fact - Any person subject to this code, who knowing that an...
§ 33-13-457. Conviction of lesser included offense - An accused may be found guilty of an offense necessarily...
§ 33-13-459. Attempts - An act, done with specific intent to commit an offense...
§ 33-13-461. Conspiracy - Any person subject to this code who conspires with any...
§ 33-13-463. Solicitation - Any person subject to this code who solicits or advises...
§ 33-13-465. Fraudulent enlistment, appointment, or separation - Any person who:
§ 33-13-467. Unlawful enlistment, appointment, or separation - Any person subject to this code who effects an enlistment...
§ 33-13-471. Absent without leave - Any person subject to this code, who without authority:
§ 33-13-473. Missing movement - Any person subject to this code who through neglect or...
§ 33-13-475. Contempt towards Governor - Any commissioned officer subject to this code who uses contemptuous...
§ 33-13-477. Disrespect toward superior commissioned officer - Any person subject to this code who behaves with disrespect...
§ 33-13-479. Assaulting or willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer - Any person subject to this code who: Strikes his superior...
§ 33-13-481. Insubordinate conduct toward warrant officer or noncommissioned officer - Any person subject to this code who: Strikes or assaults...
§ 33-13-483. Failure to obey order or regulation - Any person subject to this code who:
§ 33-13-485. Cruelty and maltreatment - Any person subject to this code, who is guilty of...
§ 33-13-487. Mutiny or sedition - Any person subject to this code who: A person who...
§ 33-13-489. Resistance, breach of arrest, and escape - Any person subject to this code who resists apprehension or...
§ 33-13-491. Releasing prisoner without proper authority - Any person subject to this code who, without proper authority,...
§ 33-13-493. Unlawful detention of another - Any person subject to this code who, except as provided...
§ 33-13-495. Noncompliance with procedural rules - Any person subject to this code who: Is responsible for...
§ 33-13-497. Misbehavior before the enemy - Any person subject to this code who before or in...
§ 33-13-499. Subordinate compelling surrender - Any person subject to this code who compels or attempts...
§ 33-13-501. Improper use of countersign - Any person subject to this code who in time of...
§ 33-13-503. Forcing a safeguard - Any person subject to this code who forces a safeguard...
§ 33-13-507. Aiding the enemy - Any person subject to this code who:
§ 33-13-509. Misconduct of a prisoner - Any person subject to this code who, while in the...
§ 33-13-511. False official statements - Any person subject to this code who, with intent to...
§ 33-13-513. Military property loss, damage, destruction, wrongful disposition - Any person subject to this code who, without proper authority:
§ 33-13-515. Property other than military property; waste, spoilage, or destruction - Any person subject to this code who willfully or recklessly...
§ 33-13-517. Improper hazarding of vessel - Any person subject to this code who wilfully and wrongfully...
§ 33-13-519. Under influence of liquor or drugs while on duty; sleeping on post; leaving post before relief - Any person subject to this code who is found under...
§ 33-13-521. Malingering - Any person subject to this code who for the purpose...
§ 33-13-523. Riot or breach of peace - Any person subject to this code who causes or participates...
§ 33-13-525. Provoking speeches or gestures - Any person subject to this code who uses provoking or...
§ 33-13-527. Conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman - Any commissioned officer, officer candidate or warrant officer who is...
§ 33-13-529. General article - Though not specifically mentioned in this code, all disorders and...
Article 21 - Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 33-13-609. Immunity for action of military courts - No accused may bring an action or proceeding seeking damages...
§ 33-13-611. Delegation of authority by the Governor - The Governor may delegate any authority vested in him under...
§ 33-13-619. Presumption of jurisdiction - The jurisdiction of the military courts and boards established by...
§ 33-13-621. Witness expenses - Persons subpoenaed or required to appear as witnesses before military...
§ 33-13-625. Expenses of administration - The Adjutant General shall have authority to pay all expenses...
§ 33-13-627. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the "Mississippi Code of...