Any person subject to this part who, while in the hands of the enemy in time of war:
(1) for the purpose of securing favorable treatment by his captors, acts without proper authority in a manner contrary to law, custom or regulation, to the detriment of others of whatever nationality held by the enemy as civilian or military prisoners; or
(2) while in a position of authority over such persons maltreats them without justifiable cause;
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 60 - Punitive Sections
Section 6002 - Accessory after the fact
Section 6003 - Conviction of lesser included offense
Section 6007 - Fraudulent enlistment, appointment or separation
Section 6008 - Unlawful enlistment, appointment or separation
Section 6010 - Absence without leave
Section 6011 - Missing movement
Section 6012 - Contempt toward officials
Section 6013 - Disrespect toward superior commissioned officer
Section 6014 - Assaulting or willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer
Section 6016 - Failure to obey order or regulation
Section 6017 - Cruelty and maltreatment
Section 6018 - Mutiny or sedition
Section 6019 - Resistance, flight, breach of arrest and escape
Section 6020 - Releasing prisoner without proper authority
Section 6021 - Unlawful detention of another
Section 6022 - Noncompliance with procedural rules
Section 6023 - Misbehavior before enemy
Section 6024 - Subordinate compelling surrender
Section 6025 - Improper use of countersign
Section 6026 - Forcing a safeguard
Section 6027 - Captured or abandoned property
Section 6028 - Aiding the enemy
Section 6029 - Misconduct of prisoner
Section 6030 - False official statements
Section 6031 - Loss, damage, destruction or wrongful disposition of military property
Section 6032 - Waste, spoilage or destruction of nonmilitary property
Section 6033 - Improper hazarding of vessel
Section 6034 - Drunken or reckless driving
Section 6035 - Drunk on duty, sleeping on post and leaving post before relief
Section 6038 - Riot or breach of peace
Section 6039 - Provoking speeches or gestures
Section 6041 - Frauds against government
Section 6042 - Larceny and wrongful appropriation
Section 6044 - Conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman
Section 6045 - General article
Section 6047 - Purchasing and receiving military property in pawn
Section 6048 - Wrongful use and possession of controlled substances